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    How do I get working VISA for USA??

    I was wondering which is the right procedure to get a proper working visa for US. I hava an EU passport so I can get in and out US when I want as long as I don't stay more than 3 months with the tourist visa... I have also a social number and a company number in Europe especially for pole dancing. So I would like to get a proper working visa and declare my income.
    Somebody knows how?

    xxxLuna

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    Default Re: How do I get working VISA for USA??

    I did mine myself using information found by searching the internet and on sites such as: http://uscis.gov

    It's a pain in the ass process.. and you may not be eligible
    Alternately you can hire an immigration lawyer to get the job done for you. I wasn't coming here to work either.. I married German who was working here, and ended up being eligible for a work permit because of HIS visa .
    Best of luck!

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    Default Re: How do I get working VISA for USA??

    Quote Originally Posted by Meghan
    I did mine myself using information found by searching the internet and on sites such as: http://uscis.gov

    It's a pain in the ass process.. and you may not be eligible
    Alternately you can hire an immigration lawyer to get the job done for you. I wasn't coming here to work either.. I married German who was working here, and ended up being eligible for a work permit because of HIS visa .
    Best of luck!
    Thanx!!!
    It looks really complicated... I think I will get an immigration lawyer when I'll get there

    xxxLuna

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    Default Re: How do I get working VISA for USA??

    Since the enacting of the Patriot Act, there are basically three practical options

    #1 - if you book yourself as a 'feature entertainer' through an agent with a definite arrival date, US club booking dates, and departure date, you can obtain a 'specific' work visa without much trouble. If however you try to get a dancing work visa without specific 'feature' bookings and without a specific end of tour departure date, odds are that one will NOT be issued. This is because the US state dep't does not consider dancing to be a profession where there is a shortage of available US applicants (i.e. doctors, scientists etc.) or to be a profession which should be specifically encouraged to expand by the US gov't.

    #2 - if you marry a US citizen on US soil (i.e. come to the USA on a tourist visa and get married here under the jurisdiction of a US state), then you will be allowed to stay in the US indefinitely and will fairly quickly be issued a 'green card' i.e. resident alien ID and work permit. Having a 'green card' will allow US employers to legally hire you. Marrying a US citizen on foreign soil does NOT automatically entitle you to permanently live and work in the USA, and can lead to a protracted process of investigations and approvals by the US state dep't before you are issued a permanent visa.

    #3 - put your name in the US immigration 'lottery' and hope that you get lucky.

    Because of the Patriot Act, any US 'corporate' club is going to require that every dancer provide two forms of approved US picture ID plus a US Social Security number before being hired. While it is not all that difficult for a foreign visitor to obtain US picture ID's and to make up a Social Security number, this is being watched much more diligently than in the days when the 9/11 terrorists managed to come up with 50+ US state driver's licenses. Going this route and getting caught after the fact can lead to deportation and a permanent ban on ever returning to the USA.

    There are also many US clubs that will never bother to ask for your ID despite the Patriot Act requirements, such that any 'hot' girl can be hired with little difficulty even though she has no US ID or Social Security number. However, clubs that ignore the Patriot Act law also tend to ignore other US laws such as prostitution, lewd conduct etc. , meaning that you may wind up doing a lot more than just dancing in order to earn decent money in such US clubs.

    If it's any consolation, US dancers have exactly the same problem obtaining work permits to legally dance in EU clubs.
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    Default Re: How do I get working VISA for USA??

    Yeah, after 9/11, they've really tightened up their loopholes, etc. to get in.

    It's not going to hurt to still try...but it'll be a long, difficult process.

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    Default Re: How do I get working VISA for USA??

    I've been hired in clubs in Texas and Florida without having to show ID or social security card.

    In Europe, my club sponsered my work visa application but I left before I knew whether it would be approved or not.

    We have lots of illegal girls working in Texas right now. Its a risk. One place I know will be almost impossible to try is Vegas because they require you to go to the Sheriff's department where you have to show 2 forms of ID AND a social security card, be fingerprinted, and photographed. There are cops and specialists there, it would be HARD to pull it off with a fake ID.

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    If you want to work in the States, I don't recommend California since they register your SS number with the IRS.

    You may be able to get away with it with the less established clubs. Have you tried the UK, France or Belgium? Since the Euro and Pound are stronger, it may be a better idea.


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