Visa woes causes FoRza to miss WCG Grand Finals

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World Cyber Games 2007 Malaysia Need for Speed Carbon champion [img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/flags/flag_my.gif[/img] [b]Sophian “FoRza” Shahirul[/b] has been denied a visa by the US Embassy, reports Multiplay’s Syefri “Chapree” Zulkefli.

Chapree also [url=http://multiplay.lowyat.net/2007/09/24/wcg-grand-finals-forza-missed-seattle-due-to-visa-problems/]reports[/url] that of the rest of the Malaysian team, only three have secured their visas, with application status the rest to be known only later this week. (Detailed report at [url=http://multiplay.lowyat.net/2007/09/24/wcg-grand-finals-forza-missed-seattle-due-to-visa-problems/]Multiplay[/url])

Gamers from other countries have also run into visa problems. Last month, [url=http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/39304/]GotFrag[/url] reported that Georgia’s entire WCG team were denied visas, while earlier this month [url=http://www.wnv-gaming.com/news_detail.php?id=822]wNv-Gaming[/url] posted a report about China’s [img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/flags/flag_cn.gif[/img] [b]Lyc[/b] and [img]http://www.gamesync.net/img/flags/flag_cn.gif[/img] [b]F91[/b] being denied entry in the US as well.