Khan still stuck in Vancouver, U.S doing longer checks because of his Muslim name.

BOXER Amir Khan expects to get clearance to fight in America in the next two days.
In order to obtain a work visa so he can defend his WBA light-welterweight title in New York on Saturday, May 15, the Bolton champion has been forced to move from his Hollywood base in California to Vancouver, Canada.
The 23-year-old has taken his coach, Freddie Roach, and a sparring partner with him to his new camp, where he had an interview for his work visa at the American Consulate last week.
“It has taken a lot longer than we had hoped, but we expect good news in the next couple of days,” said his father, Shah Khan.
“The delay is nothing to do with his motoring convictions as has been reported. It is because of his name.
“Because of what happened on 9/11, Amir gets stopped every time we come into the country.
Officials are on alert and because of his name they have to carry out certain checks.
“He always gets interviewed and is asked which countries he has visited, but now they know him and know who he is, the interviews are not as rigorous.
“But with a visa application there are certain checks that have to be made and it takes time. I don’t blame them and we have nothing to hide.”
He added: “We knew all along that he would have to leave America to apply for a visa but we had hoped it would have been completed earlier than this.”
Amir and his coach are hoping to focus on the fight, but their plans to move to New York to put the final touches to his training could be in jeopardy if the application is delayed any longer.
Amir’s fight will be shown live on ITV1 in the early hours of the morning.





Sad **** from U.S Government's part this guy is no terrorist, the fight is only 11 days away.

 

according to his father

 

i suppose he will bring up this **** when Paulie beats him.

 

His driving offences were civil offences not criminal.

 

good old racist usa

 

did i mention a crime

im saying his father thinks its because he has a muslim name


race card well and truly being pulled

 

maybe they just dont let him in because they consider his jaw as some fragmentation bomb..

 

Oh for the love of God I ****ing hate Airm and his team always crying racism whenever anything bad happens to him. Trust me the US state department doesn't think that Amir Khan is a terrorist. And if they knew this was going to be a problem then how come they didn't start the process of renewing his Visa earlieratsch

In Britain you guys have some problems with racism but god dam it gets annoying to hear people *****.

 

If Amir loses it will be becuase of this!!! This nonsense is totally ruining his focus and concentration on his up coming fight.

 

If im not mistaken but wasnt Khan just involved in a sex scandal overseas?

He has a lot of distractions going on before this fight.

 

:nut
Amir won't lose... Paulie has no punch.
It's all because off Amir is suspected of smuggling crystal into the US.

 

muslim isn't a race Einstein.

anyways i think khan is just trying to duck the light welterweight king.

 

Khan has a glass visa.

 

:rofl:

 

to be honest it probably is due to his name and from being from pakistan. use some common sense guys, a guy from pakistan has just tried to bomb new york, so it's not hard to see why USA are checking amir's visa. some of you screaming pulling the racist card aren't thinking straight. i'm sure they do this with a lot of people for the safety of their country.