Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country last month amidst public protests is awaiting to obtain a US Green Card to return back to the United States and settle there with his wife and son, the Daily Mirror reports..
Based on highly placed sources Daily Mirror reports that that Mr Gotabaya Rajapaka’s lawyers in the United States had already begun the procedure for his application to obtain the Green Card as he was eligible to apply due to his wife Ioma Rajapaksa being a US citizen.
The procedure will also now involve his lawyers in Colombo submitting the additional documents here in order to go ahead with the procedure.
The former President who is presently in a hotel in Thailand along with his wife will return back to Sri Lanka on Aug. 25, cancelling his initial plan to remain in Thailand at least till November.
Sources said that two days ago, Rajapaksa had consulted his lawyers and had decided to return back to Sri Lanka later this month as he was not allowed the freedom to move in Thailand as initially expected, due to security concerns.
