Posts Tagged ‘visas’
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I am writing you about a question we have in regards to the length of stay that USCIS grants for O-1B visas. In the past few years, it has been our experience that USCIS will not grant 3 year visas for a time period that has gaps from anywhere to […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, continuous event, engagement contract, engagements, gap, gaps, Goldstein, manager, maximum length, petitions, time period, uscis, validity period, visa petition, visa petitions, visa validity, visas
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Visa Envy: Why Is Yours Longer Than Mine?
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I heard that US Immigration will no longer be giving foreign artists the little white card they used to get when an artist entered the US. The cards were stamped with the artist’s visa category and the date they had to leave. It was my understanding […]
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Tags: airline carrier, artist, Brian Taylor, canada, cards, customs, departure date, departure record, electronic travel, Goldstein, immigration, ITIN, processing times, Tour, travel, travel records, uscis, visa category, visa petition, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Taxes, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on New I-94 Process for Artists Touring the United States
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: May a non-resident alien (Russian) musician here for an advance graduate school degree on an F-1 visa be paid for playing some off-campus recitals? Are they considered “Curricular Practical Training” which is supposed to be allowed, if approved by the Designated School Official? (Of course, 30% of the gross […]
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Tags: academic year, Brian Taylor, campus concerts, campus recitals, conservatories, curricular practical training, cwa, degree program, Goldstein, graduate school degree, immigration law, music, optional practical training, part time, recitals, Russia, russian musician, student visa, students, tax obligations, uscis, visas
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Taxes, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Student Visas: A School for Scandal?
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have a substitution/visa question for you….We were intending to use someone from the US as the eighth singer for one of our groups coming to perform with a symphony in July 2013. It’s now looking like the group might have to replace the intended US […]
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Tags: approval notice, artistsfromabroad, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, singers, travel, uscis, visa application, visa approval, visa petition, visas, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on A Visa Substitution Requires an Artist to Substitute
