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Visas Procedures for Foreign ArtistsAt a time when international cultural exchange is of great value to the United States, non-profit arts organizations confront untenable delays and uncertainties getting approval for visa petitions for international guest artists. Arts Presenters is working with officials at the Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to propose administrative reforms to reduce complications.Time constraints in visa processing affect our members who present foreign artists, as the performing arts are a date, time, and location-specific enterprise. Visa complications have led to cancelled tours, presentations and residencies, causing cultural, economic and artistic harm to American non-profit arts institutions and the local economies they support. A resource for the field from Arts Presenters and American Symphony
Orchestra League, www.ArtistsfromAbroad.org, offers the very latest
rules and regulations affecting artists coming into the United States.
Arts Presenters also offers one-on-one technical assistance for
our members to help avoid processing errors.
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