EPTviOLet forfeits WCS AM due to visa issues - Page 7
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nimdil
Poland3751 Posts
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DanLee
Canada316 Posts
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lost_artz
United States366 Posts
On May 23 2013 07:14 nimdil wrote: USA generally suck with it's ridiculous Visa rules. If people didn't abuse them we wouldn't need them in the 1st place. Anyway, it sucks that Blizz/MLG can't make exceptions to let people play when issues like this arise. I understand that this is supposed to be a 'in-person' tournament but it sucks to see someone DQ'd over something they have very little control over. | ||
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chadissilent
Canada1187 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On May 23 2013 06:42 zacharyIRL wrote: Next time play in the Korean WCS and stop taking chances away from NA players. I say KARMA has arrived. Don't be an asshole. Of all the players you say this to it turns out to be one of the only Korean's who actually lived in the States for a year lmao. There's a lot of technicalities when it comes to visa's regardless of the country especially when you've lived there for so long. I had to leave and keep coming back when I was working in Australia. | ||
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siax
United States36 Posts
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
On May 23 2013 04:55 SpikeStarcraft wrote: So get State back to NY!! he was 3rd in Violets ro32 group and he was there yesterday for shoutcraft i think No. | ||
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Xorphene
United Kingdom492 Posts
On May 23 2013 07:13 sAsImre wrote: gimme your talent that allows you to foresee blizzard plan and apply for visas before the event you're going to is even announced. It looks pretty sick. Or learn about the us (and most countries anyway) visa system before trying to be smart. Considering he was living, working and earning in the USA for a year on a tourist visa....not hard to predict something like this would/could happen, and it's his management's responsibility to be on top of administrative problems like this. | ||
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iViNtaGe
United States254 Posts
Hope Polt's TvT is on point tomorrow. Edit: LOL at the people saying it's karma. Violet has more right to play here than any NA player. He has great results and has played in tons of foreign events before WCS AM even existed. And you should not get a spot purely because you're from NA, when mid-tier Koreans like Violet (who are far better than any NA players) have to suffer losing to top tier Koreans and struggling in Code A/B. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On May 23 2013 08:10 Xorphene wrote: Considering he was living, working and earning in the USA for a year on a tourist visa....not hard to predict something like this would/could happen, and it's his management's responsibility to be on top of administrative problems like this. Basically Violet was an illegal immigrant, was caught, and now could face serious repercussions. The US immigration authorities are pretty serious about these kinds of things. If he actually pays people to manage him and they dropped the ball this hard, I really hope he fires them. Not being able to attend any US event because of a possible 5 year ban from entering the US is a huge blow. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18155 Posts
On May 23 2013 07:36 chadissilent wrote: Maybe WCS Americas should have been limited to citizens or residents of the Americas? Who's to say the same wouldn't have happened to Capoch, for instance? EDIT: nvm, apparently this has nothing to do with the normal visa problems people have from time to time and has everything to do with Violet having been caught as an illegal immigrant in the past. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18155 Posts
On May 23 2013 08:16 Sub40APM wrote: Basically Violet was an illegal immigrant, was caught, and now could face serious repercussions. The US immigration authorities are pretty serious about these kinds of things. If he actually pays people to manage him and they dropped the ball this hard, I really hope he fires them. Not being able to attend any US event because of a possible 5 year ban from entering the US is a huge blow. Oh, I didn't know he was working illegally on a tourist visa, lol. In that case he should never have signed up for this event, because it's completely expected that the US won't give him another visa. | ||
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
On May 23 2013 08:16 Sub40APM wrote: Basically Violet was an illegal immigrant, was caught, and now could face serious repercussions. The US immigration authorities are pretty serious about these kinds of things. If he actually pays people to manage him and they dropped the ball this hard, I really hope he fires them. Not being able to attend any US event because of a possible 5 year ban from entering the US is a huge blow. Is that really what happened? Where can I read more details on this? | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/aussie-music-producer-nick-bertke-aka-pogo-jailed-banned-from-us/story-e6frfn09-1226599401426 | ||
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Serek
United Kingdom459 Posts
That said, you'd expect tournaments to make sure players have all appropriate visas if they have a LAN stage. Some other player should be playing the group instead. | ||
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jiberish
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Richard4021
United States73 Posts
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Wojciech Zywny
Poland271 Posts
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
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