CompLexity Call of Duty Player Secures P-1 Athletic Visa

Visa issues have always plagued the world of esports, as international travel is often required of players to join teams or to travel to events. While not every player is unable to secure one, there have been multiple cases of teams having to play with substitiutes becasue of visa issues preventing one of their players from entering a country. The strict visa laws within the United States have caused issue for esports teams and players traveling to the country for events over the years. A way that esports players have had success with avoiding any visa issues is to secure a P-1 athletic visa, which allows for non US residents to enter the country for an athletic competition as an athlete at an internationally recognised level of competition. 

We are happy to announce that we have secured yet another P-1 Visa, this time for @DashySZN!

Dashy will be joining his teammates in Frisco, TX immediately as we prepare for #CWLAtlanta this weekend!https://t.co/sPh9ypWleJ pic.twitter.com/8l86L0pYrL

— compLexity Gaming (@compLexity) March 6, 2018

Announced on the team's website and Twitter, compLexity revealed that they were successful in attaining a P-1 athletic visa for Dashy. This will allow the young player to travel to Frisco, Texas and join the rest of the compLexity Call of Duty roster that includes Chris "Parasite" Duarte, Jeremy "studyy" Astacio and Tyler "felo" Johnson. 

This is not the first time that compLexity has been able to secure a work visa for a player of theirs, as they were the first organization in history to do so for Counter-Strike player Marcus "zet" Sundström aound a decade ago. Other professional Call of Duty players have also been able to recieve P-1 athletic visas, as Jevon ‘Goonjar’ Gooljar-Lim, and the entire Splyce roster have also been granted this form of visa to travel and compete in the US.

With esports becoming accepted into mainstream culture more and more every day, players and organizations have been seeing more success in having their hard work and talent be recognized by laws and regulations that have hampered them years before. 

Now compLexity will be able to practice with their entire roster, as they look to prepare for a challenging run through a massive open bracket at CWL Atlanta to secure a spot in one of the pool play groups and have a chance at the lion's share of the $200,000 prize pool. 

Interested in more Call of Duty news? Check out our preview of the teams that will be looking to make their way out of Group A at CWL Atlanta.

(cover photo courtesy of MLG)