EPTIt's fucking stupid that you need a visa for such a short stay.
No Chinese player at BlizzCon due visa problem - Page 4
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Velr
Switzerland10813 Posts
It's fucking stupid that you need a visa for such a short stay. | ||
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
It's important to find something to joke about in these sad times. I hope it will get sorted out. | ||
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Medrea
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
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TheLight
Australia410 Posts
On September 20 2011 22:33 Liquid`Jinro wrote: I dont get why it would be that level of difficult to enter the US as a Chinese citizen.. China is supposed to be the communist nation that is hard to enter, yet you dont often hear of americans denied visas to China -_- The key difference is that players are coming to the US in order to "work" temporarily and possibly win money. Thus, they need a different VISA than the usual tourist one. EDIT: They'll need a Business Visitor Visa (B-1). | ||
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backtoback
Canada1276 Posts
On September 21 2011 01:09 Medrea wrote: Blizzard should be able to smooth things over EZPZ. OK? No they will not.... lol Should we blame the states for not allowing them in or China for denying them? | ||
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MenSol[ZerO]
Canada1134 Posts
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
On September 20 2011 23:08 zocktol wrote: Maybe China does not want them to know what FREEDOM is like. All joking aside, i don't really get it either other chinese athletes are constantly allowed into foreign countries to basically gain fame for their country, maybe Blizzard needs to try that angle. aww Is that possible? would be interesting if that worked... heh | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
On September 21 2011 01:28 nalgene wrote: aww Is that possible? would be interesting if that worked... heh lol at people who fail to realize that it's the US embassy that is making problem, a visa is not delivered by the state where you come from. They probably can't use a tourism visa, so that's probably why things are completly retarded. Honestly TSA and visa delivery is absolutely retarded, I don't know if Americans realize how bad it is. They even ask you if you are a terrorist/killed someone in your country etc when you enter the country... bureaucracy at its finest. | ||
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Yaki
France4234 Posts
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Gooey
United States944 Posts
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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Sighstorm
Netherlands116 Posts
On September 20 2011 22:42 canikizu wrote: There were many many cases that people leave China for whatever reasons (tourists, work related,...) and never came back to China. They most likely are afraid of talent bleeding than stupid stuffs like politics and security. I think it was the US that denied the visa in this case, not China... but if i remember correctly there was once a big Magic tournie in Japan and a Chineese player had to pay a deposit to make sure he'd return. I hope this will be resolved, because i'm interested to see what kind of playstyles and talent China has to offer. It's sad if they can't come to BlizzCon because of a lack of knowledge about this scene by embassies. | ||
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tyCe
Australia2542 Posts
On September 20 2011 22:33 Liquid`Jinro wrote: I dont get why it would be that level of difficult to enter the US as a Chinese citizen.. China is supposed to be the communist nation that is hard to enter, yet you dont often hear of americans denied visas to China -_- Well hypocrisy is a big theme in US foreign policy. I suppose it is a curse of all politics actually. People will of course point to the idea that Chinese people are likely to enter the US and stay as illegal migrants but much of this concept is just orientalism. | ||
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KissBlade
United States5718 Posts
Also doesn't XiGua mean "watermelon"? ahahahahaha | ||
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mcc
Czech Republic4646 Posts
On September 21 2011 01:38 Jetaap wrote: lol at people who fail to realize that it's the US embassy that is making problem, a visa is not delivered by the state where you come from. They probably can't use a tourism visa, so that's probably why things are completly retarded. Honestly TSA and visa delivery is absolutely retarded, I don't know if Americans realize how bad it is. They even ask you if you are a terrorist/killed someone in your country etc when you enter the country... bureaucracy at its finest. That made me laugh when my sister told me that there was checkbox on the entry form to US that basically asked if she was a terrorist  I wonder how many people check that box. But American visa system is rather bad as it depends a lot on subjective opinion of the guy deciding. If he does not like you that is enough reason to deny visa. It is still not as bad as I heard it is in Japan, but still. | ||
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robih
Austria1086 Posts
will be interesting to see who replaces them | ||
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