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**Flikemommoilt** · 02-20-2009, 09:18 PM

So this is the one thing I'm fuzzy about. What role did the tournament itself play in having Shahar's visa denied? Did they support the UAE's decision on the front? Even advocate for it? Is there any chance that the tournament officials actually urged the UAE government to approve the visa? And the UAE government did not follow suit?

In other words, is there any chance at all that the tournament is being unfairly penalized for the decisions of its government?

These are purely information-gathering questions. It's very likely tournament officials were in the wrong as well. But I don't remember reading anything to that effect, though I easily could have missed it. I hate it when work interrupts my TAT time.

02-20-2009, 09:18 PM	#2
Flikemommoilt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	So this is the one thing I'm fuzzy about. What role did the tournament itself play in having Shahar's visa denied? Did they support the UAE's decision on the front? Even advocate for it? Is there any chance that the tournament officials actually urged the UAE government to approve the visa? And the UAE government did not follow suit? In other words, is there any chance at all that the tournament is being unfairly penalized for the decisions of its government? These are purely information-gathering questions. It's very likely tournament officials were in the wrong as well. But I don't remember reading anything to that effect, though I easily could have missed it. I hate it when work interrupts my TAT time.
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