London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
Aug 11th 2008, 2:10 am
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
He slighted his own character by making the determination that he's not of extraordinary ability. He should hope that he's wrong.
Personally, I'm almost starting to prefer the American trait of over-self-confidence to the British preference for lacking it. I'm considering having "Exceptional Ability" tattooed across my forehead, with my University crest tattooed on my bicep so I don't feel left out when surrounded by people wearing "Harvard Business School" t-shirts, "MIT" baseball caps and "Rhodes Scholar" flip-flops at the gym!
Personally, I'm almost starting to prefer the American trait of over-self-confidence to the British preference for lacking it. I'm considering having "Exceptional Ability" tattooed across my forehead, with my University crest tattooed on my bicep so I don't feel left out when surrounded by people wearing "Harvard Business School" t-shirts, "MIT" baseball caps and "Rhodes Scholar" flip-flops at the gym!
My wife laughed when I first did my resume for the US a while back and "proudly" put BEng after my name... said it's just not done in the US for such lowly qualifications
I actually work with people that don't even bother to put anything on business cards or e-mails to show they have a doctorate.
Aug 11th 2008, 2:55 am
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
Hello all,
I am a British film producer and want to move to New York early next year. I have had a look at the confusing and sparse info at the London US Embassy website and have ascertained that I'm likely to be classed as a professional but doubt I would be classed as having an 'extraordinary ability'.
I am a British film producer and want to move to New York early next year. I have had a look at the confusing and sparse info at the London US Embassy website and have ascertained that I'm likely to be classed as a professional but doubt I would be classed as having an 'extraordinary ability'.
Aug 11th 2008, 3:06 am
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
Fine, you are still figuring out the system. But what do you want? Other than a vague inference that you want to be a producer in New York, you don't give a clue.
A legal consultation is in order. An experienced immigration law will take you down the appropriate question tree once she has a little more than a vague idea of what you would like to do, your qualifications, details of future gigs, etc etc.
Aug 11th 2008, 3:11 am
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
There was a case on here awhile back where Jack Penate's drummer had trouble getting an O visa.
Now if a member of a Brit award winning performers band has trouble....
then someone whom woke up this morning and though "I think I'd like to move to america" has no chance.
just my tuppence obviously, but that's how I read it.
Now if a member of a Brit award winning performers band has trouble....
then someone whom woke up this morning and though "I think I'd like to move to america" has no chance.
just my tuppence obviously, but that's how I read it.
Thats not correct...I said that he had to supply a LOT of information and that it took a lot of work. He didnt actually have any trouble getting the visa once it had been approved.
I also know a fund manager who managed to get the O visa. Again, it was with a major corporation who can afford to hire the best lawyers. I think they had to justify it with copies of articles, interviews etc from finance publications.
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Aug 11th 2008, 2:35 pm
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
Snowbunny: Sadly not, so I think that answers that. Incidentally, anyone reading this and wanting to know a bit more about the TV/film 'extraordinary abilities' definition should look at this http://www.visabureau.com/america/ex...aspx#O1FAQfour.
This didn't work in one case but it was in a dodgy court in Scotland that ended up dismissing the charges. Everyone else has behaved!
So rule #1: are you fairly squeaky clean with regards the law?
I'd work on brushing up the CV and seeing if you can possibly blag your way iinto a UK-US co-production. Documentaries are good. Or make your own indie film and enter it at SXSW: www.sxsw.org . Life is much easier if you have a company here who wants you.
Aug 13th 2008, 2:21 am
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Re: London producer moving to New York and in need of visa advice
Oddly, I've often seen the opposite when it comes to formal qualifications... Brit's seem far more inclined to put letters after their names on business cards and on e-mail signatures. I would see it all the time, sometimes including rather obscure qualifications.
My wife laughed when I first did my resume for the US a while back and "proudly" put BEng after my name... said it's just not done in the US for such lowly qualifications
I actually work with people that don't even bother to put anything on business cards or e-mails to show they have a doctorate.
My wife laughed when I first did my resume for the US a while back and "proudly" put BEng after my name... said it's just not done in the US for such lowly qualifications
I actually work with people that don't even bother to put anything on business cards or e-mails to show they have a doctorate.
I was really just joking about the absurd t-shirts, bumper stickers and baseball caps I often see. MIT, Harvard and 100 different flavors of MBA are all common. I still expect to see the same for Oxbridge graduates in Britain any day now.
Even funnier are the Freemasons' t-shirts, baseball caps (I shit you not!) and bumper stickers ("The Masons - Stop Me And Ask About It") that I see almost daily around here. Nothing says "secret society" better than a baseball cap with your lodge crest on it!
