Stapled visa stalls shooter’s China trip
Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Pemba Tamang, who is from Arunachal Pradesh, was stopped by the Indian immigration officials from boarding a flight to Beijing for the ISSF Shooting World Cup to be held from April 17 to 24, reports HT Correspondent.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Pemba Tamang, who is from Arunachal Pradesh, was stopped by the Indian immigration officials from boarding a flight to Beijing for the ISSF Shooting World Cup to be held from April 17 to 24.
The reason? He had a stapled visa.
The rapid fire shooter had already travelled to China four or five times with a stapled visa.
“The immigration officials didn’t allow Pemba to board the flight, as according to them, it’s a Government of India’s policy to not allow passengers to leave the country with stapled visas,” said a shooter, who is also a part of the 28-member Indian shooting team but who didn’t want to be named.
Now, with Pemba not getting clearance, a 27-member squad will be competing in the second World Cup to be held in Beijing.
The Indian shooting team boarded a flight to Bangkok from where they will take a connecting flight to Beijing.
“We don’t know what the policy matter is.”
But they should have at least exempted such restrictions for players,” said another shooter.