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Proceso de visa O1B
April Perez • October 20, 2022
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Una visa O1B
es una visa para personas con habilidades o logros extraordinarios. Esto suena bastante simple, pero en realidad requiere que varias partes se unan para preparar la petición. El proceso comienza con pruebas para ver si la persona puede cumplir con los requisitos.
El individuo debe tener una habilidad extraordinaria en cine, televisión o las artes. El individuo debe ser capaz de demostrar que ha sido nominado o recibido un importante premio nacional o internacional, que puede ser un Premio de la Academia o un Grammy u otro premio de importancia.
Si la persona no tiene un premio significativo nacional o internacional, debe ser capaz de cumplir con al menos tres de los requisitos a continuación:
1. Evidencia de que el beneficiario ha realizado y realizará servicios como participante protagónico o estelar en producciones o eventos que tienen una reputación distinguida como lo demuestran críticas, anuncios, comunicados publicitarios, contratos de publicaciones, patrocinios.
2. Evidencia de que el beneficiario ha logrado reconocimiento nacional o internacional por logros evidenciados por reseñas críticas u otros materiales publicados por o sobre el individuo en los principales periódicos, revistas especializadas, revistas comerciales y otras publicaciones.
3. Evidencia de que el beneficiario ha desempeñado y desempeñará un papel protagónico, estelar o crítico para organizaciones y establecimientos que tengan una reputación distinguida evidenciada por artículos en periódicos, revistas especializadas, publicaciones o testimonios.
4. Evidencia de que el beneficiario tiene un historial de importantes éxitos comerciales o aclamados por la crítica, como lo demuestran indicadores tales como título, calificación, reputación, recibos de taquilla, calificaciones de películas o televisión y otros logros ocupacionales informados en revistas especializadas, periódicos importantes, u otras publicaciones.
5. Evidencia de que el beneficiario ha recibido reconocimiento significativo por sus logros por parte de organizaciones, críticos, agencias gubernamentales u otros expertos reconocidos en el campo en el que se encuentre involucrado el extranjero. Dichos testimonios deben estar en una forma que indique claramente la autoridad, la experiencia y el conocimiento del autor de los logros del extranjero.
6. Evidencia de que el beneficiario ha cobrado un salario alto o cobrará un salario alto u otra remuneración sustancial por los servicios en relación con otros en el campo, como lo demuestran los contratos u otra evidencia confiable.
- La evidencia debe presentarse en una carta de presentación que exponga los argumentos sobre los requisitos que se argumentan como cumplidos.
- Si la persona puede cumplir con los requisitos, deberá tener un peticionario que puede ser un agente de visas o un empleador, que puede ser un individuo o una empresa, según el tipo de trabajo.
- La persona debe poder proporcionar contratos para el trabajo que realizará en los Estados Unidos si se aprueba la visa. Los contratos o memorándums de la obra deberán cubrir el período de vigencia de la visa que se solicita.
- También debe haber un itinerario que enumere los detalles de cada proyecto.
- También existen formularios que deben ser llenados y firmados tanto por el beneficiario como por su peticionario.
- Según el tipo de trabajo que la persona realizará en los Estados Unidos, deberá solicitar cartas de consulta de una o más organizaciones designadas por USCIS. Por lo general, hay tarifas para las solicitudes de cartas de consulta de la organización y también hay tarifas de presentación para la petición en sí que deben pagarse a USCIS. Las tarifas de presentación varían dependiendo de si desea hacer la ruta de procesamiento regular o la ruta de procesamiento premium.
El proceso puede ser abrumador, especialmente para alguien que nunca ha hecho esto antes, y hay mucho papeleo e información que debe recopilarse. Es importante contar con la orientación de un abogado para asegurar un resultado positivo de su caso.
Este blog no pretende ser un consejo legal y nada aquí debe interpretarse como el establecimiento de una relación abogado-cliente. Programe una consulta con un abogado de inmigración antes de actuar sobre cualquier información que lea aquí.
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