Rs 50 lakh debt and lost passport in Slovakia put 17-year-old Md Imran’s US scholarship at risk

Chess
12 Nov 2026, 09:00 am IST|Khelangan Desk
Rs 50 lakh debt and lost passport in Slovakia put 17-year-old Md Imran’s US scholarship at risk
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Seventeen-year-old Indian chess prodigy Md Imran lost his passport and visas while in Slovakia, triggering a US visa crisis that now threatens his full scholarship at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley and leaves him facing a January 2027 deadline.

He is one Grandmaster norm away from the coveted title.

His family is dealing with Rs 50 lakh in debt and bureaucratic hurdles alongside the visa issues.

Md ImranUniversity Of Texas At Rio Grande ValleyGrandmaster NormSlovakiaJanuary 2027