You A) don't travel with a load of gear, beyond a laptop B) don't show up as re-entering the same country multiple times in the same year.
In a sense, getting sent home is a sort of perverse sign you've arrived. I did find out this weekend how to get the hairy eyeball from everyone in uniform in the Salt Lake City airport yesterday: don't shave for a week, wear dark glasses and a Moodyman T Shirt. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM, atomly<ato...@atomly.com> wrote: > ["Odeluga, Ken" <ken.odel...@dowjones.com>] >> But if you haven't got a visa/work permit, you haven't got a visa/work >> permit. >> >> I'm no apologist for regulations or overzealous bureaucracy, but the >> fact that the rules have been re-tightened in recent years has been >> made crystal clear. >> >> If the paper work is not in your possession before you travel, you're >> making an unwise decision to get on that plane. >> >> It's the responsibility of the agent and the promoter to make sure >> that this paper work has been dealt with before the artist departs. >> >> If it's not been taken care of, this is not a very professional thing >> to let happen. >> >> You can't buck reality unfortunately. It's not a question of >> generosity or not on the part of the immigration staff. >> >> It just is. >> >> Nowadays, anyway. >> >> And the immigration regulations for Europeans wanting to do temporary >> work in the States are just as stringent, by the way. > > > Well, this is all very easy to say, but the reality of the situation is > such, then, that this means you'll be seeing a lot less artists > (particularly smaller, up-and-coming artists) coming through your town. > For example, I know there are many gigs I've played in the past where > they simply would not have happened had I actually tried to do > everything legally, because financially it just would not have been > feasible. > > -- > :: atomly :: > > [ ato...@atomly.com : www.atomly.com : http://blog.atomly.com/ ... > [ atomiq records : new york city : +1.917.442.9450 ... > [ e-mail atomly-news-subscr...@atomly.com for atomly info and updates ... >
