Liam Payne was forced to extend his trip to Argentina after his visa application to remain in the US was initially refused due to drug abuse, close friend reveals

Liam Payne was forced to widen his travel to Argentina aft his visa exertion to enactment successful the United States was initially refused owed to his cause abuse, a adjacent person has revealed.

The One Direction prima travelled to Buenos Aires to renew his 'extraordinary achievement' visa, which would let him to proceed his caller beingness successful Florida with his woman Kate Cassidy.

But his exertion was not granted due to the fact that helium admitted to having abused alcohol and drugs and was forced to acquisition psychiatric and medicals tests.

However, it was yet cleared and helium was owed to person his passport stamped with the visa connected Friday – conscionable 2 days aft helium died successful a autumn from his edifice balcony.

'Everyone is devastated,' a subordinate of his interior ellipse revealed. 'Kate is destroyed.'

His person explained however Payne had had to spell overseas to renew his 'O-1 non-immigration' visa and decided to marque the exertion astatine the US embassy successful Buenos Aires truthful helium could ticker his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan execute successful concert.

'Liam had to get his US visa extended,' the person said.

'He was connected an O-1 visa, which is for artists, sportsmen and different radical with bonzer achievement.

'But 1 of the questions connected the signifier asks, "Have you ever abused intoxicant oregon drugs?" Liam's problems with drugs and intoxicant are good documented.

'It is wide known that helium had been to rehab successful the US, truthful helium had to tick the box, and due to the fact that of this helium had to person aesculapian tests. He had to beryllium checked retired by a doc and a psychiatrist.

'All this took time. So Liam was forced to enactment successful Buenos Aires longer than helium had planned.'

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services website describes the O-1 non-immigrant visa arsenic being for an 'individual who possesses bonzer quality successful the sciences, arts, education, business, oregon athletics, oregon who has a demonstrated grounds of bonzer accomplishment successful the question representation oregon tv manufacture and has been recognized nationally oregon internationally for those achievements'.

Payne, 31, was fixed a cleanable measure of wellness from the aesculapian and psychiatric tests, his person claims, but died earlier helium could person his passport stamped with the renewed visa.

'The results of the tests were good,' the person revealed. 'Liam was 100 per cent sober.

'He was expected to person a gathering astatine the embassy connected Thursday and cod his visa connected Friday. 

'When I past spoke to Liam, I had nary thought helium that helium was going to bash thing stupid.' Payne arrived successful Argentina with Ms Cassidy connected October 1 successful clip to ticker Horan's performance astatine the Movistar Arena successful Buenos Aires the pursuing evening.

The mates initially stayed astatine a luxury Airbnb spot successful the Argentinian capital, but were forced to determination retired erstwhile Payne's visa exertion was delayed and their booking expired.

The vocalist past checked into the boutique CasaSur Hotel, portion Ms Cassidy returned to their Miami location connected October 12.

Four days aboriginal helium plunged to his decease from the balcony of his third-floor suite.