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On September 21 2011 01:48 mcc wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2011 01:38 Jetaap wrote:On September 21 2011 01:28 nalgene wrote:On September 20 2011 23:08 zocktol wrote: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 -_- 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 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.
Yes, such a checkbox exists.
Yes, I am ashamed of my government for including it.
No, I didn't vote for any of these people.
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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 -_-
it happens quite often. Visa is always extremely complicated/simple, if they don't like you, they can find lots of reasons to reject it
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Well this sucks But i hope blizzard will replace them with koreans!
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Man, this sucks for China and SC2. Wonder who is causing the holdup, the US government or the Chinese?
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Governments killing E-sports.
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On September 20 2011 22:58 baubo wrote:Show nested quote +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 reason is very simple. Because US bureaucracy is horrible and way behind the times. That America shoots itself in the foot to deny tourists $$$$ out of the stupid fear of "taking American jobs that no one else wants" is retarded to say the least. You are correct in that there's no "logical" reason why this should be the case. What? They fear Xigua will take Idra's job as America's BM zerg player and put Idra out of a job? It's ludicrous, but that's actually their fear.
Stop frothing at the mouth and calm down. There are different classes of visa, the players im sure did not apply for a work visa, which is what they would need to get a job.
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I don't get it. Why don't they just use MasterCard if their Visa is rejected?
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This is retarded by the US embassy. They are not just any random Chinese, with Blizzard's invitation they got the best guarantee as one can gets and still got denied?
Hope that Blizzard can work something out since this is very frustrating for they players, they fought thru the Chinese qualify for nothing O_O? T_T
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Just as a point of clarification, to apply for a visa, you go to talk to US officials in China. It is the US denying the players a visa and therefore entry into the US, not China denying them. This is why Blizzard may talk to the US Embassy in China to resolve this issue as they are the ones in charge of who gets a visa and who does not.
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On September 21 2011 02:11 Reason.SC2 wrote:
I don't get it. Why don't they just use MasterCard if their Visa is rejected?
They don't have a MasterCard, and their American Express card expired weeks ago. :[
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On September 21 2011 02:06 SgtPepper wrote:
Man, this sucks for China and SC2. Wonder who is causing the holdup, the US government or the Chinese?
The Chinese has nothing to do with this. Its all about the US embassy/system.
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wow what? denied instantly? US doesnt like chinese visitors? Weird, maybe they should try again another day and ask for a reason for the decline.
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On September 21 2011 02:11 Reason.SC2 wrote:
I don't get it. Why don't they just use MasterCard if their Visa is rejected?
Don't you know that "Life takes Visa"?
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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 -_-
They probably applied late, imagine how many Chinese people apply for visas to the US.
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If they had more money they'd probably be able to hire a specialist/well-connected-official who could stamp a Visa for them on the same day.
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Anaheim is only what? 5 hours from the Mexico border, could always just hop it... haha
I kid though, and this sucks, wonder what the issue is this year, never had a problem getting Chinese players over here for the previous blizzcons.
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very confusing indeed. Well, according to the original source, the WoW player said the officer of the embassy only asked for the invitation paper(don't know what exactly it was), then the officer said the material they provided was not matched, not even took a look at the other stuff they brought. Can't figure out what was going wrong, maybe that guy was too frustrated to tell the whole story.
I believe it's WCG 2004 or so, chinese players were not able to attend also due to visa issue. As someone already said, to go abroad you need a good financial condition， or a bank certification， and other stuff which was not possible for a progamer here in china. The requirement of other country's visa can very well be like this too I guess, but the reason above may not fit this year's blizzcon, we'll never know as those representative themselves dont make it clear.
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Noooo I really wanted to see Xigua play.
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God, our immigration policies are so backward. It's so difficult for European or Canadian citizens to immigrate, and someone who's coming here just for a short stay for a legitimate reason has problems, and yet our southern border is so poorly guarded.
It's just silly.
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Seriously.. This got to be a joke.. Come on US.. this is just pathetic.
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