Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: My artist has an O-1 visa which expires in April 2015. We want to add a new engagement in May 2015. Can we just file for a “visa extension” or do we have to file a whole new petition? Your question contains the implication that […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, immigration, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, visa category, visa petition
Posted in Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Enter the Cockroach, Stage Left
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We booked a tour for a folk/rock group that will be touring the US for the first time. It took a lot longer to get their visas approved because US Immigration kept asking for unreasonable things like background information on venues and festivals and even made us get […]
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Tags: act of god, agent, artist, Brian Taylor, engagements, Festival, Goldstein, immigration, last minute, manager, presenter, rfe, Tour, travel, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Plan On It!
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We obtained a three year O-1 visa for one of our artists. We are the artist’s agent and served as his petitioner. A large venue wants to book the artist, but they are insisting that, according to their finance department, they cannot pay us as […]
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Tags: agent, approval notice, artist, Brian Taylor, contract, engagements, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, independent contractor, manager, payment, petitioner, uscis, venue, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Taxes, Touring, Venues, Visas | Comments Off on The Recipe For Confusion
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I recently received an RFE for a group touring the US this summer. The group is represented by a European manager who books their dates, but our US management company has previously filed petitions for them in the past, all of which have been approved […]
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Tags: agent, Brian Taylor, California, contract, engagement contract, engagements, Goldstein, immigration, interpretation, manager, petitioner, petitions, presenter, rfe, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visa petitions, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on The Invasion of the Visa Examiner Body Snatchers Continues! (aka “The Day The Visa Process Stood Still”)
Thursday, March 6th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We filed P-1 and P-1S visa petitions at the Vermont Service Center for a group we have been touring regularly for the past 5 years. This would have been their sixth P-1 visa. Last year, we were getting petitions approved in about week. This time, […]
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Tags: agent, approval notice, artist, artistsfromabroad, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, copy, engagement contract, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, petitions, processing times, Tour, uscis, visa petition, visa petitions, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on US VISA WARNING: Beware of the Vermont Service Center! Abandon All Hope Ye Who File There!
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We filed a P-1 petition for an orchestra that is to perform at our venue. The petition was approved and it includes the orchestra’s conductor. However, the conductor just informed us that he does not want to go the consulate and apply for his P-1 […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, orchestra, petitions, presenter, symphony, Tour, travel, venue, visa petition, visa petitions, visa waiver program, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work, work authorization
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Too Fast and Furious To Get A Visa!
Thursday, December 19th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I work with an artist whose current US visa expires in January 2014, but he has one engagement in the US on March 8, 2014. The promoters are saying that he won’t need to renew his visa and can just use ESTA, however, we were under […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, last minute, travel, university, visa waiver program, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Beware of Simple Answers!
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have several visa petitions pending as well as applications for Central Withholding Agreements. What impact will the government shutdown have? Do I need to be worried? That depends on whether or not the lack of an operational government worries you. Granted, it hasn’t been that […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, Goldstein, immigration, irs, petitions, processing times, Tour, uscis, visa application, visa petition, visa petitions, visas, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Central Withholding Agreements, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Taxes, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Does The Government Shut Down Also Shut Our Doors?
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: If a foreign singer (who is not a citizen of a country that is eligible for the visa waiver program) gets a record deal in the USA, what kind of visa would they need to apply for? And if the singer is currently living in a […]
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Tags: approval notice, artistsfromabroad, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, immigration, petitioner, record label, recording, uscis, visa application, visa interview, visa petition, visa waiver program, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Visas for Recording Artists
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder Do non-US artists need artist visas when they come in to perform a showcase at a booking conference? They don’t get paid. Its just to get bookings. In fact, the artists lose money doing this. Can they enter on a tourist visa or do they have […]
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Tags: audition, bookings, Brian Taylor, engagements, exceptions, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, state department, travel, visa waiver program, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Showcasing: A Rare Visa Exception