Posts Tagged ‘visa petition’
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Our organization has engaged a foreign musician whose European agent is balking at the artist having to obtain an O-1 visa that we know he needs. We want to do this right, so I’m getting my ducks in line to tell him no and part […]
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Tags: artist, engagements, Festival, immigration, manager, musician, petitioner, presenter, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Is It Still Illegal If I Don’t Get Caught?
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We are a dance company who is going to perform in March in the United States. We gave the list of names for Visa purposes last September to the venue. Now we have some changes, we have to replace two technicians who are essential for the […]
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Tags: dance company, last minute, manager, musician, orchestra, orchestras, performer, Tour, travel, uscis, venue, visa category, visa petition, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Replacement Woes
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I had a really interesting conversation with a consular officer at a U.S. consulate where we were having one of our groups apply for P visas. Our group has toured the U.S. many times and the officer mentioned that P class petitioners do not need to […]
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Tags: artist, engagements, immigration, petitioner, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, visa application, visa interview, visa petition, visas, waiver
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Avoiding A Visa Interview…Sometimes…Maybe…
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, July 24th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We filed visa petitions for O-1 and an O-2 visas. USCIS is asking for a contract between each of the O-2s and either the petitioner or the employers. This has never been an issue before and we’ve been doing this for 20 years. They are also […]
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Tags: agma, approval notice, artist, Brian Taylor, consultations, Goldstein, petitioner, petitions, processing times, rfe, support staff, Tour, uscis, visa petition, visa petitions, visas, work, young artist
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Welcome To The New Visa Reality!
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 27th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Does a conductor who has been approved for an O-1 visa need to bring the original approval notice to the consulate or will a color scan of the original work? We have been getting conflicting information, including a representative at the consulate telling us on […]
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Tags: approval notice, artist, Brian Taylor, Goldstein, petitions, uscis, visa approval, visa petition
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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!