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Third time was not the charm for LGD.Sep's US visa

Reports have surfaced that LGD's Xue 'September' Zhi Chuan has been denied a United States Visa for the third time.

Xue 'September' Zhi Chuan, LGD's support player, has found himself caught in the annual wave of visa issues prior to The International. Having been directly invited to The International 6, LGD revealed, on the 13th of July, that their full main roster might not be able to attend TI6 due to September's visa issues, having been denied twice prior to the announcement. Nearly a week after LGD's announcement, the status of the third visa attempt remains unclear, however, September's recent Weibo post suggests it was rejected.

Translated extract of LGD's statement after the second rejection:

Because of education history issues, September and new manager ReBorN0405's visas have been denied twice. We are currently contacting Perfect World and Valve and are preparing for a third attempt.

In addition to September, two Filipino teams, TnC and Execration, are also struggling with Visa issues, albeit with different circumstances. Although stuck in less than ideal situations, these teams still have a bit more than a week to sort things out, granted the TI6 group stages take as long as TI5's. In the event that September fails to secure his Visa in time, LGD will be forced to play with their sub, Wang 'Banana' Jiao.

Teams participating in The Internationals are no strangers to Visa issues as the previous iterations of it had a fair share of these problems. Last year, Akbar 'SoNNeikO' Butaev had to apply for a US Visa four times before succeeding a few days before the event and EHOME's manager 71 had to ask for help after Chen 'Cty' Tian Yu's Visa was denied 14 days before TI5.

Source: LGD Weibo
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