Posts Tagged ‘consulates’
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
LAW & DISORDER: Performing Arts Division June 16, 2022 INSIDE THIS ISSUE » Backlogs at US Consulates « » New USCIS forms « » Contract Entirety Clauses « » Board Term Limits « Current USCIS Service Center Processing Times: Vermont Service Center: Standard processing: 4 – 8 weeks Premium processing: 9 – 10 days California […]
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Tags: artist visas, board members, board term limits, Consulate, consulates, Contracts, engagement contract, uscis
Posted in Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on Backlogs at US Consulates, New USCIS forms, Contract Entirety Clauses, and Board Term Limits
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Happy New Year! Let’s hope the 2021 we wanted finally comes in 2022, Perhaps you were as surprised as I to wake up Christmas morning to discover that the U.S. Department of State had left an actual gift in our stockings. Not too much, and not too expensive, but it’s the […]
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Tags: Consulate, consulates, visa, visa appointments, visas
Posted in Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Uncategorized, Visas | Comments Off on IN-PERSON APPOINTMENT WAIVERS NOW AVAILABLE FOR O AND P VISAS
Sunday, July 11th, 2021
Every time I sit down to write a blog about a more compelling subject, such as tales of successful artist entrepreneurship or navigating exciting new commissions and projects, a visa crisis drags me back into the bowels of despair. On this occasion, it’s the ongoing impact of the U.S. COVID Travel Ban on international artists […]
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Tags: artist visas, consulates, National Interest Waivers, NIE, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on CLOUDY WITH CONTINUED EXCEPTIONS
Monday, June 22nd, 2020
As you are doubtlessly aware by now, the Dark Lord has just issued a new immigration proclamation. IT WILL HAVE LITTLE, IF ANY, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ARTISTS! Now, take a breath and read on… Fresh from his triumphant campaign rally before a crowd of several dozen (including a frightened family of squirrels trapped in the […]
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Tags: consulates, covid, O visas, P visas, travel, Trump, visa ban, visas
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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