Can A Social Media Influencer Apply For a US Visa?, Immigration lawyer in California

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Can A Social Media Influencer Apply For a US Visa?
What visa does a social media influencer need? What is an 01-B Visa?

Show notes.

[00:24] The O1-B allows social media influencer, a YouTuber or anybody with a large following online to come to United States and work.

[01:21] As this industry continues to expand more and more of this influencers who are not U.S. citizens, who are not green card holders and they're coming to the United States because this is one of the biggest markets and they're getting paid or about to get paid or signed deal memos

[02:07] The 01-B is an artist visa and just like many other artists that are coming to work in the United States, social media influencers will fall under this category because we have to show that they have a special ability, extraordinary ability to do something that they are risen to that level of exceptional ability that would allow them to come in and work.

[03:07] The 01-B visa is now being utilized more and more by social media influencers to be able to come into work in the U.S.

[04:06] We'll use a follower statistics, brand deals, deal memos, names and people that they're associated with online, high salary achievements and high payments for f posts, for campaigns. All these things together will make strong evidence for an 01-B case.

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[janakerman]

How many Followers does one approximately need to have in order to be considered an influencer in this scenario? Is there any benchmark?

[sarahfink]

Do you also need a visa, if you take pictures and videos as an influencer during an us trip, but cut the videos outside the us and publish them when outside of the us again? So if you don't get paid for the videos while being in the United States, plus doing the main work (cutting, editing, etc) outside of the us?

[emanuele]

Does the youtube channel need to have videos in english to apply for this visa or videos in other languages would be ok as well?

[ShubhamSharma-lhji]

Is there any chances for independent blogger to get green card ?

[harshsuri]

Do the social media influencers get green card after working for sometime in the US ???

[cynthia]

Great video! what about YouTuber on h1b wanting an o1 visa so as to start receiving sponsorship and AdSense? how should I go about it, thank you!❤

[neerav_risbood]

Hi, I was wondering if someone who has few followers basic level to monetize can get both a TN visa and O1 and does a TN strengthen the O1 application as you have money to live in the US?

[alexanderronanmeechan]

Hello 👋🏻 what about someone that is coaching people online? E.g Online personal trainer with USA clients, uk clients etc

[KHOJIPOINT]

good information sir i am from pakistan