The H-1B visa is an employer-sponsored visa usually reserved for traditional employment. It lasts for 3 years and it is extendable for an additional 3 years.
When you think about Artist Visas, you probably envision actors, singers, and dancers. Tattoo artists are one of non-traditional artists who qualify for the O-1B visa.
If you cannot meet the one-time major achievement criterion, such as an Oscar, Emmy, or Director’s Guild Award, you can still meet a minimum of three out of six criteria.
Many artists have ideas that they would like to protect. However, an idea cannot be copyrighted nor can it be trademarked.
Novak Djokovic, a Serbian tennis player, who is ranked No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), was deported.
This is directly related to strengthening your O-1 Visa and EB-1A application. So as long as there’s a distinct employer-employee relationship, your LLC can serve as your sponsor.
Within the arts, it is sometimes difficult to stay within one profession. Sometimes as a multidisciplinary artist, you work on multiple different types of artistic mediums.
Testimonial letters are used in both O-1A cases and O-1B cases. However, in O-1B cases, there is a specific evidentiary criterion called “Significant Recognition”.
The O-1 Visa is a very complex but very rewarding visa. It can sometimes take months to develop a strong petition.
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