I wrote to a friend at USCIS to get a explanation for the rule change. Below is the answer:
"But it should not affect teachers as they are not supposed to be using that visa category anyway. The O and P visa for artists is only for performance and support of performers, not the kind of instruction he seems to be referring to." It seems the rule applies to tango shows, not teaching at festivals. Regardless of the rule, foreigners who work in the US still need a I-765 work permit. I remember one festival reporting that their star teacher wasn't admitted into the country and sent packing on the next available flight. If Immigration catches a tango instructor without a work permit, they can be deported immediately. Michael Ditkoff Washington, DC I'd danced Argentine Tango- - with the Argentines On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM, chicagomilonguero < chicagomilongu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > As of October 7th, visa petitions may not be filed by a single employer on > behalf of multiple arts organizations for artists coming to the U.S. for an > itinerary of events, unless the petitioning employer is in the business of > being an an agent. > > I believe a number of tango instructors have had difficulties in obtaining > their work visas under this new policies. A number of organizations that > deal with the arts and dance are trying to challenge the change in this > policy. It is also not clear what will suffice the "agent" definition. > > > Ray Barbosa > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l