Imagine the shock Mumbai-based journalist Vijay Kumar Singh experienced when he was refused visa for Dubai on grounds that he has a life-long ban against his name. This, when the man has never travelled out of the country.u00a0 <img alt="Journalist Vijay Kumar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/Journalist-Vijay-Kumar.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /> Journalist Vijay Kumar Singh, 35, and a resident of Santacruz has been covering the Mantralaya since several years for a national Hindi newspaper. Recently, a Dubai-based company, Al Adeel, had invited Singh and 21 others journalist to cover a press conference in Dubai on April 29. Amongst other invitees was playback singer Sonu Nigam and his 27 crew members. On April 7, the company&rsquo;s PR agency, Inspiration, collected Singh&rsquo;s documents to process his visa. The agency then handed them over to Dubai&rsquo;s Signature PR agency. On April 16, Signature submitted Singh&rsquo;s documents to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigner&rsquo;s Affairs, Dubai. On April 23, Inspiration informed Singh that the Dubai Immigration Department had rejected his visa application because he is blacklisted and has a lifetime ban when it comes to visiting Dubai. &ldquo;I have never been out of the country. I have a clean record and was shocked to hear that the Immigration Department has rejected my visa application stating that I have lifetime ban against my name,&rdquo; said Singh. On Friday, Singh wrote a letter (the copy is available with Sunday MiD DAY) to the Dubai Consulate demanding a clarification for the mistake. &ldquo;Let me check the matter,&rdquo; is all the officer of the intelligence agency replied. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what happened,&rdquo; said Singh. &ldquo;I am very surprised. We tried hard but the officials in Dubai refused to entertain our queries stating that the &ldquo;chapter is closed&rdquo;. Usha Karnani, Director of the PR agency, Signature, said, &ldquo;I am going to Dubai. I will try to know actually what happened.&rdquo; u00a0

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