Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa – who fled in July this 12 months after violent protests over the monetary disaster withinside the island nation – has implemented for to the USA authorities for a Green Card, a couple of information groups pronounced Thursday. Reports suggest Rajapaksa’s attorneys have all started the utility for what’s everlasting residency withinside the US.
The ex president’s attorneys stated his spouse – Loma Rajapaksa, who’s a US citizen – as grounds for his eligibility. Rajapaksa renounced his citizenship in 2019 to contest presidential elections.
Rajapaksa and his spouse are actually in Thailand. He will go back to Sri Lanka on August 25.
Moving from usa to usa
Before Thailand, Rajapaksa changed into in Singapore for over a month.
He arrived in Thailand at the night of August 11. Thailand changed into the second one southeast Asian usa – after the Maldives – wherein he sought brief shelter.
Security worries in Thailand
According to neighborhood media, Rajapaksa is constrained to a inn in Bangkok and isn’t always allowed to step outdoor because of safety worries. The Bangkok Post stated plain-garments law enforcement officials had been deployed outdoor the inn, the region of that’s classified.
Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka on July thirteen after it changed into hit with vast anti-authorities protests. As anger grew amongst protesters they stormed the presidential palace, and then Rajapaksa changed into moved to the Maldives. From there he moved to Singapore.