Posts Tagged ‘Coronavirus’
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
By Brian Taylor Goldstein To those of you wondering what is happening with The Screaming Carrot Demon’s immigration ban, his Executive Order slithered out of the White House today. Here’s the deal: Today’s spewage only addresses immigrant visas (green cards). Though there is a fairly long list of exceptions, for the next 60 days people […]
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Tags: Coronavirus, covid, Trump immigration ban, visa, visas
Posted in Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on DECODING TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION BAN
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
Unemployment and the CARES Act For Non-US Artists April 7, 2020 By Brian Taylor Goldstein Shocking as it may sound, USCIS has passed a tiny wind of hope in the direction of artist visas during this coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Homeland Security (which sets the policies for USCIS) has confirmed that applying for unemployment […]
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Tags: CARES Act, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Furlough, immigration, unemployment, visa, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on USCIS JUST THREW ARTISTS A CRUMB!
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
Cancelled Engagements, Unemployment, Layoffs, and Visa Renewals March 31, 2020 By Brian Taylor Goldstein As the tumbleweeds blow through Times Square and we begin to consider the viability of Easter peeps or even kale to supplement the dwindling toilet paper supplies, there is an understandable amount of angst and confusion on many fronts. Not least […]
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Tags: consulates, Coronavirus, lay offs, unemployment, visa extensions
Posted in Artist Management, Employees, Independent Contractors, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on A CORONAVIRUS VISA ROUNDUP FOR NON-US ARTISTS
Friday, March 13th, 2020
By Brian Taylor Goldstein In short, not much. As you can imagine, this was announced without any details as to how, exactly, this was going to work in terms of screening, implementation, flight schedules, etc. But here what we know so far… Anyone who has been in one of the 26 European countries in the […]
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Tags: acts of god, consulates, Coronavirus, Force majeur, travel, travel ban
Posted in Acts of God, Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on What We Know So Far About Trump’s Coronavirus Travel Ban
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Let’s all step back and take a breath for moment. As you can imagine, the coronavirus has overrun (dare I say “infected?”) our office with an ever growing stream of cancellations based on force majeur and concerns from venues, presenters, agents, and artists from around the world. As the situation has […]
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Tags: acts of god, cancellation, cancellations, Contracts, Coronavirus, force majeure
Posted in Acts of God, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Response of the Performing Arts to the World Premiere of the Coronavirus