Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country last month amid enormous anti-government rallies demanding his resignation, is seeking a US Green Card in order to come to the United States and settle there with his wife and kid, according to a media report on Thursday.
According to the Sri Lankan tabloid Daily Mirror, which cited highly placed sources, Rajapaksa’s attorneys in the United States had already initiated the procedure last month for his application to receive the Green Card because his wife Loma Rajapaksa is a US citizen.
Rajapaksa retired from the Sri Lanka Army early and worked in information technology before coming to the United States in 1998. He returned to Sri Lanka in 2005, and the procedure will now include his lawyers in Colombo submitting further documents here in order to proceed with the procedure, according to the media reports.
The 73-year-old former President, who is currently residing in a Bangkok hotel with his wife, will return to Sri Lanka on August 25, canceling his initial plan to stay in Thailand at least till November, as per sources.
Thai police recommended the ousted President to stay indoors for security concerns upon his arrival in Bangkok.
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