Growing Indo-US ties: US rejects visas for archery team

[coffee_cup]

I thought, both US and India were best buddies now? What happened, not giving visas even to sports persons to take part in competition? Or may be fighting illegal immigration? Strange!

US denies visa to World Championship-bound Indian youth archery team

NEW DELHI: India's participation in the World Youth Archery Championships has been thrown into jeopardy after 20 members of a 31-strong team, including Korean coach Chae Wom Lim, were denied visa by the US embassy here.

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The Indian contingent, comprising Under-20 boys and girls, junior archers were scheduled to leave for the US on Saturday for the June 8-14 event in Yankton, South Dakota.

But the US embassy here granted visa to only seven archers, two coaches and a Sports Authority of India official while rejecting 20, thereby putting serious doubts over India's participation in the event.

Besides Lim, three Indian coaches Mim Bahadur Gurung, Chandra Shekhar Laguri, Ram Awdesh and masseuse Pinki were also denied visa.

 

[Spectre]

I thought, both US and India were best buddies now? What happened, not giving visas even to sports persons to take part in competition? Or may be fighting illegal immigration? Strange!

NEW DELHI: India's participation in the World Youth Archery Championships has been thrown into jeopardy after 20 members of a 31-strong team, including Korean coach Chae Wom Lim, were denied visa by the US embassy here.


The Indian contingent, comprising Under-20 boys and girls, junior archers were scheduled to leave for the US on Saturday for the June 8-14 event in Yankton, South Dakota.

But the US embassy here granted visa to only seven archers, two coaches and a Sports Authority of India official while rejecting 20, thereby putting serious doubts over India's participation in the event.

Besides Lim, three Indian coaches Mim Bahadur Gurung, Chandra Shekhar Laguri, Ram Awdesh and masseuse Pinki were also denied visa.

Agreed. USA is a fickle ally. if true this has potential to turn into another major controversy like that IFS officer getting strip searched. Though it is possible that visa was denied at the embassy level without state dept in USA knowing about it

 

[Echo_419]

That USA has not granted visas to youth archery team to take part in the tournament?

And we should be jealous of that? Indian logic at its best,

Burn baby burn of growing Indo-US ties,happy now

 

[Pak_Sher]

It is a right of the US to grant visas when they believe is appropriate. I support the US decision, there must have been a reason.

 

[Brickwall]

sometimes USA attitudes are more myterious than Chinese government

 

[Ajai Ghale]

What it has to do with Indo US ties,why would they give Visa to Whole Barat ..we did the same with Pakistan

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

There must be a strong reason to reject visa US normally dont deny visas to sports medical students with strong cridentials actors researchers and etc... india must have hidden agenda other than this championship..
There is no happy ending.

 

[Nicky G]

Our neighbors tend to get over excited over tid-bits. Will be resolved in a few days.

I am sure people here would have been orga*ming over the Khobargade incident, its all forgotten and we move on. Same is likely to be the case here, though this is much less significant.

If there are real problems, don't give the visas; else, clarify and grant them. Simple.

Adults work out issues, not jump up and down.

 

[jaatram]

There is no happy ending.

speaking from experience I see.

 

[pher]

just like china, US treat indians as dirt no matter how mighty your modiji is