How else am I supposed to see the black metal legends perform live in my city but two days hence? From Marduk’s MySpace:
The situation with MARDUK not having performed during the first half of Blackenedfest is due to one member of the band not having received his visa yet.It is not a ‘denied’ visa. The band filed for a P-1 non-immigrant working visa, which is required for a band to play in the states. The visa was APPROVED by the United States Government’s Homeland Security Office.
Furthermore, as required, the band members each individually went to their visa appointments at the U.S. embassy in Stockholm for the standard interview, at which point the persons handling the band’s applications informed the band that there was no further action needed and that they should expect their passports in the mail with the P-1 visa attached.
Everyone in the band received theirs except Mortuus…
”There was no missing document, as earlier stated by Earsplit, but a legal document in Swedish that the US Embassy one day (!) prior to departure informed us that they needed to have ”professionally translated” into English in order to finalize the visa – even though we specifically asked them months earlier if it was ok that some documents were in Swedish; their response being: ”Yes, there is no problem, we have people here that speak Swedish”. Note that a translation from a certified agency (which is a mandatory) takes up to a week – and the Embassy is well aware of this. So, why they waited until the very last day to give us this information, or why the other member’s documents needed no translation, one can only imagine”
/Mort.We are currently awaiting each day for the passport to be returned to Mortuus with the visa stamp. The embassy is aware of the urgency of this matter and we expect the band to join the tour in progress any day now.
Hey US Embassy, do you know what the Swedish language documents say? “Fuck yeah, Marduk’s awesome.” Now give Mortuus his visa.
