Francisco bustamante
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where is the list
I found the players list. No Morra yet.
Americans don't understand how difficult it can be for foreigners to get a visa to travel to the US. For a Filipino it's especially hard because a very large number of them would love to come to the US and work for US wages. Before they can get a flight, which might cost as much as 6 months normal wages in the Philippines, they have to apply to the US for a tourist (or some sort of) Visa which is only good for 90 days. Almost ALL tourist Visas are turned down unless the person can show that they have considerable assets (land, bank accounts etc) being left behind in the Philippines so that our government believes they are truly _visiting_ and will return at the end of their visa. Applying for a visa to the US is a long complicated process. The recognized Filipino Champions have it a bit easier than the average Filipino and I'm sure their sponsors have lawyers who handle all those details, but often our government has their foot up their a$$ and take longer to process the applications than necessary. This was also the case with some of the other Asian players from other countries.
As Americans, we are lucky to have much more freedom to travel than we allow into our own borders, but I guess we'd really have a mess if we didn't have restrictions!
just more hot air!
Sherm
As Americans, we are lucky to have much more freedom to travel than we allow into our own borders, but I guess we'd really have a mess if we didn't have restrictions!
just more hot air!
Sherm
maybe the players don't want to play no morra !:groucho: lol
Some pay late. I talked to a guy today that was on his way and said he pays when he gets there every year. I don't know if this is the case for Busty. Come to think of it, I'd think his sponsors would pay for him when they enter the rest of the Pinoy contingent.
Busta
I think he told me in Galveston that he is going to be playing in Japan about in the same time frame. Butterflycues
I think he told me in Galveston that he is going to be playing in Japan about in the same time frame. Butterflycues
japan
There were some posts in another forum that busty and efren were in california but they were going to goto a tourney in japan instead of the us open.
There were some posts in another forum that busty and efren were in california but they were going to goto a tourney in japan instead of the us open.
Or it could be that it is a lot cheaper to fly to Japan and stay there compared to US Open + I would guess that the field is not nearly as top heavy in Japan as at the US Open.