by sussexpob » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:59 am
I think you are being very narrow minded. You have to step away from the cricket bubble that you are occupying, because as I have said before, why would the UK re-write its visa regime and policy based on the available depth of the Sri Lanka cricket team? Do remember, every single person who applies for a working visa has an economic reason to come to the country, so while x Sri Lanka player might be feel he is sufficiently important, x businessman about to sign off on a huge investment project, or even the unemployed economic migrant who needs to urgently move for work might also consider their application equally, if not more so, worthy.
Every single consular section at every single embassy in the world has rubbish availability hours. Not just Britain. Working visas for UK citizens to India take a minimum 15 days. This is standard practice! As I stated before, there are lengthy considerations that every applicant must answer and satisfy, this cant be done at the click of a finger for a country that has 120 million foreign people visit every year!
In the end, you answered your own question. Sri Lanka had time to prepare and chose to only consider a small squad. They could have easily and tentatively applied for any number of visas at the announcement of the tour, and everyone would have come.
I suggest that the reason this doesnt happen to England is because they are far more prepared.
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