EPTViOLet Visa Status:
We regret to announce that viOLet has was unable to obtain a visa to compete in the offline portion of WCS America Season 2 in the round of 16. His opponents will receive walkovers in Group A. We know all viOLet and WCS fans were looking forward to those matches, and regret that we can not bring them to you.
Given the large number of visa issues that have confronted players in WCS America over the first 2 seasons, we will be re-examining our policy regarding visas going into 2013 Season 3 and 2014 WCS. We will strive for a fair system that ensures the integrity of WCS tournaments, while we allow as many to compete as possible.
We regret to announce that viOLet has was unable to obtain a visa to compete in the offline portion of WCS America Season 2 in the round of 16. His opponents will receive walkovers in Group A. We know all viOLet and WCS fans were looking forward to those matches, and regret that we can not bring them to you.
Given the large number of visa issues that have confronted players in WCS America over the first 2 seasons, we will be re-examining our policy regarding visas going into 2013 Season 3 and 2014 WCS. We will strive for a fair system that ensures the integrity of WCS tournaments, while we allow as many to compete as possible.
hey I think I've seen this thread before! http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=413903
Previous statement from Violet's manager on the lack of Visa for Season 1:
Hi guys viOLet's manager here, long story short when you spend too much time in the U.S. in the prior year, getting a VISA can be difficult.
Professional gaming is getting there but it isn't exactly a recognized profession with embassy officials. We are working with Blizzard and MLG to resolve this issue and he should be back over to the U.S. in early June. The U.S. Embassy is extremely strict regarding matters like this and we don't want to do anything that would jeopardize obtaining the correct VISA and allowing him to stay in the U.S. more permanently.
viOLet will be tweeting a statement regarding this later today. Most of all we want to apologize to the fans who support him. If your an avid follower of viOLet you know how much he loves the U.S. and wants nothing more to come back and be able to stay indefinitely.
Also to note viOLet has not been back in the U.S. since the NASL S4 finals that he placed 2nd in back in December of 2012.
Something must have gone terribly wrong, seeing as It's not June but in fact August and he still cannot return to the US.
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