Anthony Pawelski, Think Immigration, Feb. 27, 2024 "Touring as a musical artist in the United States and making a profit (or breaking even) is that much harder post-pandemic. Artists’ profits are drastically shrinking due to larger financial cuts from...
USCIS, Mar. 3, 2023 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for the O-1B visa classification for nonimmigrants of extraordinary...
Cyrus D. Mehta & Jessica Paszko*, Nov. 1, 2022 "Earlier this year, the USCIS issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how the USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with...
"A string of recent O-1 RFEs [Requests for Evidence], and NOIDs [Notices of Intent to Deny] from the USCIS California Service Center reveal a new disturbing trend. The best and brightest, including the very STEM PhDs to whom the Senate and much of the House...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a teleconference on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) to provide feedback on issues regarding O and P nonimmigrant visa classifications in the performing...
"Getting on the same rank as soccer player David Beckham and golf legend Annika Sörenstam, Psy was given the special ‘O-Visa’ to enter the US. On October 5, jTBC’s jTBC News 10 reported that the US Embassy gave the international singer the O-Visa." ...
" As many immigration lawyers see it, the paucity of immigration options for the most entrepreneurial foreigners mean they must use any avenue they can. This approach, along with seeming flexibility in Washington on what constitutes "extraordinary ability...
USCIS, O & P Webinar Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Questions and Answers
USCIS, July 22, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today updated its Policy Manual to provide further guidance on evidence that can be used to support a petition for an O-1A nonimmigrant of extraordinary ability with a focus on science, technology...
USCIS, Jan. 22, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance clarifying how it evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus on petitions filed for individuals in...
USCIS, Jan. 13, 2022 - Determining the Appropriate O-1B Classification for Persons of Extraordinary Ability in the Arts or Extraordinary Achievement in the Motion Picture or Television Industry
USCIS - "O and P Nonimmigrant Visa Classifications U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a teleconference on Thursday, March 3, 2016, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) regarding the O and P Nonimmigrant Visa...
Pellizzari v. Zuchowski, Feb. 8, 2016 - "MM filed a form I-129 petition with USCIS on behalf of Plaintiff, seeking to classify Plaintiff as an O-1 nonimmigrant alien of extraordinary ability to work as a Ducati Master Technician. ... Plaintiff does not claim...
Jan. 21, 2016 DRAFT: Comparable Evidence Provision for O Nonimmigrant Visa Classifications DRAFT: REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE, Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, O-1B Extraordinary Ability in the Arts
Updates to the November 20, 2009 Memorandum on Requirements for Agents and Sponsors Filing as Petitioners for the O and P Visa Classifications DRAFT FOR COMMENT ONLY Posted: 07-16-2015 Comment period ends: 08-13-2015 This draft does not constitute agency policy...