Archive for the ‘Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division’ Category
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division April 6, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Artist Visa Updates • Non-Compete Agreements • Manager/Agent Trust Accounts • Is There A Constitutional Right To Poop Jokes? Artist Visa News & Nausea • The Status of Proposed Petition Fee Increases Thanks to all of you who took the time […]
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Tags: artist visas, employment contracts, non-compete, trademarks, visas
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division February 22, 2023 CALL TO ACTION! ARTS COMMUNITY ASSEMBLE! We have until MARCH 13, 2023 to file public comments and objections to USCIS’s proposal to artist visa petition fees to nightmarish levels. As a reminder, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the consummate embodiment of incompetency, capriciousness, […]
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Tags: artist visas, O visas, P visas
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division January 25, 2023 USCIS PROPOSES DRACONIAN FEE INCREASES FOR ARTIST VISAS! Despite my efforts to have our blogs and updates covering a wide range of topics, and not just artist visas, I am now frustratingly forced to focus entirely on a significant issue that has arisen in the world of obtaining […]
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Tags: artist visas, O visas, P visas, visas
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Thursday, December 8th, 2022
LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division December 8, 2022 INSIDE THIS ISSUE > Artist Visa Updates < > Force Majeure Clauses < > Streaming Licenses < > Congratulations! < > Deep Thoughts < Artist Visa Updates • Current USCIS Service Center Processing Times Vermont Service Center: Standard Processing: 4 – 6 weeks Premium […]
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Tags: acts of god, artist visas, Felkel, force majeure, streaming, streaming rights
Posted in Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on Artist Visa Updates, Force Majeure Clauses, Streaming Licenses, and Deep Thoughts
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
LAW & DISORDER: Performing Arts Division June 16, 2022 INSIDE THIS ISSUE » Backlogs at US Consulates « » New USCIS forms « » Contract Entirety Clauses « » Board Term Limits « Current USCIS Service Center Processing Times: Vermont Service Center: Standard processing: 4 – 8 weeks Premium processing: 9 – 10 days California […]
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Tags: artist visas, board members, board term limits, Consulate, consulates, Contracts, engagement contract, uscis
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Happy New Year! Let’s hope the 2021 we wanted finally comes in 2022, Perhaps you were as surprised as I to wake up Christmas morning to discover that the U.S. Department of State had left an actual gift in our stockings. Not too much, and not too expensive, but it’s the […]
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Tags: Consulate, consulates, visa, visa appointments, visas
Posted in Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on IN-PERSON APPOINTMENT WAIVERS NOW AVAILABLE FOR O AND P VISAS
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
By Brian Taylor Goldstein It’s so rare that I get to share anything positive in the world of artist visas that I still find myself wondering if I have inadvertently fallen through the matrix into someplace where it is not 2021. The White House announced today (Monday, September 20, 2021) that in “early November” it […]
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Tags: artist visas, national interest waiver
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Sunday, July 11th, 2021
Every time I sit down to write a blog about a more compelling subject, such as tales of successful artist entrepreneurship or navigating exciting new commissions and projects, a visa crisis drags me back into the bowels of despair. On this occasion, it’s the ongoing impact of the U.S. COVID Travel Ban on international artists […]
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Tags: artist visas, consulates, National Interest Waivers, NIE, visas
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Thursday, May 20th, 2021
The COVID Travel Ban, Significant Consulate Backlogs, and Other Current Issues For Non-U.S. Artists By Brian Taylor GoldsteinSorry for the long delay since my last post, but, well…it’s been an interesting year, to say the least. Things are improving, but 2021 still needs more rehearsal time to work the kinks out. Here in New York […]
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Tags: artist visas
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
EXPLORING NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND PRACTICES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS IN A POST-COVID WORLD By Brian Taylor Goldstein Aside from thwarting a clown car coup, 2021 is certainly not off to the auspicious start we all had hoped for. Nonetheless, it is with trepidatious optimism that we find ourselves crawling out from our burrows like […]
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