He finally took center stage in the world's media capital after having been denied a visa for 20 years.

He asked why only officials of two companies had so far been denied visas.

The risk of being denied a visa is there but low if you have your documents in order.

However, he was denied a visa to Australia and therefore did not appear.

India would repeatedly deny him a visa to return home.

He was denied a visa to go to Norway for the award.

And they can deny them visas without giving any reason.

Among those requests, he said, about 500 returning workers were denied visas.

To deny them a visa hurts us, and it doesn't hurt Cuba one bit.

This is quite a change from the period when, for political reasons, he was denied a visa to come to United States.