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eastside  said about 4 months ago  or at  5:12PM on Friday, April 4 2008.

Anyone here equipped with any info or insight on USA visas. I'm thinking of heading over there to further pursue my musical career.

Any advice appreciated - anecdotal or not

cheers


charlesincharge  said about 4 months ago:

performers need to be

a) notable b) have booked gigs


charlesincharge  said about 4 months ago:

that philtripp guy was really good at this sort of advice. he doesn't post here anymore though.


littlearch  said about 4 months ago:

musical career?


eastside  said about 4 months ago:

yeah phil's got great advice, check the latest issue of the AMID there's ten or so pages up the back with Phil's advice on how to succeed in the music biz

but right now i'm looking for USA visa advice. i wanna stay for a while


eastside  said about 4 months ago:

and i'm not noteable and i dont have any gigs booked


crackwhore  said about 4 months ago:

drug or assault convictions are frowned upon apparently.


season+juwaan  said about 4 months ago:

''yeah phil's got great advice, check the latest issue of the AMID there's ten or so pages up the back with Phil's advice on how to succeed in the music biz''

haha ''succeed in the music biz''


eastside  said about 4 months ago:

lucky i don't have any convictions


crackwhore  said about 4 months ago:

your not notable, you have no gigs booked and on top of that you have no convictions, geez eastside, you better get yourself busy mate.


monkeyman  said about 4 months ago:

There is a green card lottery that you can enter. Google it...

Hetroasfuck won a green card but didn't end up going.


lordsnot  said about 4 months ago:

even DUI can be a problem


eastside  said about 4 months ago:

you're a wise man crackwhore, ever considered a career in clinical psychology????

i always appreciate your advice


eastside  said about 4 months ago:

we really need to catch up and i'll fill you in devo

thirsty??


lordsnot  said about 4 months ago:

ok so DUI is a problem it seems. can anyone answer this - i've got a drink driving charge from a few years back and the website 'advises' that a visa be applied for. this would ordinarily just be a transit visa as we've got an 18 hour stopover at LAX. i could call and get charged $11 dollars or $2.75 a minute to get an answer that should be free. i'm not going to take any chances with them but just want to get the facts straight. do i really need to fork out $150 and go for an interview for a stopover because i have a drink driving charge?


Casiopias  said about 4 months ago:

it's 6:15pm in LA now.


lordsnot  said about 4 months ago:

cool ta. i'll set my watch. but i'm talkign about december


Casiopias  said about 4 months ago:

that's Ok. I wear two watch's. 1 is my melbourne watch and my other is my LA watch. If you need a time check, just ask!


brain cobra  said about 4 months ago:

this non-profit place does US visa applications for musicians:

www.tamizdat.org matthew@tamizdat.org

you can go on a tourist visa and not bring any instruments across the border, then just buy/hire them over there which might be cheaper than a visa.


Bittervictorian  said about 4 months ago:

One question which would be relevant for you Lordsnot is whether the questions/info required for working visas are required for tourist/stop-over visas (I have no idea, but presumably someone would know).


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lordsnot  said about 4 months ago:

cheers trafficsounds. yeah i'd been also talking to someone who'd actually gone to and from the states a few times after having blown 0.13 and gone to court etc and never had a problem. i was just being safe, i'm not gonna mess with any chance of getting slapped in leg irons. travelling with a colombian as well :)


whole-lotta-rosie  said about 4 months ago:

actually that's not true, but i did get it wrong. they will ask you if you've had ANY kind of convictions and the only thing that is ok is 1 DUI. if you've had more than that, you have to always apply for a visa.


lordsnot  said about 4 months ago:

jesus h... really? that's printed absolutely nowhere that i've seen and i've read as much as i could on the official sites. it also doesn't mention or differentiate the lesser traffic offence type of dui.

but are you sure you're taking that into account? the AFP has just told me that with my offence i don't need a visa because it won't appear on a police check as a criminal charge.


fastcanoe  said about 3 months ago:

''The same information is available by telephone or fax, but charges apply. All prices below are quoted in Australian dollars.

The 24-hour information line is 1902-941-641. The cost to listen to the prerecorded information is $1.05 per minute. You can ask to be connected to a live consultant for $2.75 per minute. Live consultants are available Monday to Friday, 8:00am-7:00pm, Eastern Standard Time.

You can request an information packet to be delivered by post, at a cost of $5.45.

If you cannot access 1902 services, the same information is available on 1800-687-844. This 1800 service has only live consultants, no prerecorded information. The charge is $11.00, plus $5.50 if requesting an information packet. This service must be paid by credit card at the time of the call. ''

Like fuck I'm giving you one cent cunts!!

They really aren't going to like my police record though.


lowercase  said about 3 months ago:

yeah unless you have some guranteed work over here via a sponsorship or an immediate relative who is american, it is very difficult to get here.

that is without the police record too.


fastcanoe  said about 3 months ago:

If I didn't have the police record I wouldn't need the visa...

That said my mothers boyfriend is a card holding republican donate, surely he can line me up with some institute or crap if need be.


lordsnot  said about 3 months ago:

yeah i gave them 1,100c for fuck all clarity. i got my good information from the federal police for nada. call them about it. they should be able to sort you out.


fastcanoe  said about 3 months ago:

Sounds a plan. Failing that maybe I can get Polvo to sponsor me.


postergirl  said about 2 months ago:

Had an interesting talk to people last night re US working visas. Shall be looking into it in the coming weeks.

I'm goin' back to Cali, Cali, Cali ...


Gorn  said about 1 month ago:

If someone can give me info about how to stay in the USA for longer than 3 months at a time, I would really appreciate it. Can you just go to europe for a week and then fly back, or is it like the Shengan agreement in Europe (you have to go away for 3 months before you are allowed back for another 3)???


zadie  said about 1 month ago:

how do you find out if you've got a criminal record? i was supposed to go to court but didn't show up.


zadie  said about 1 month ago:

also can you get three visas? i was told the other day no you can't. I've got au and eu(uk) but i also want us


Gorn  said about 1 month ago:

get a police check done. Do you mean 3 passports??


Fielding Mellish  said about 1 month ago:

If someone can give me info about how to stay in the USA for longer than 3 months at a time, I would really appreciate it. Can you just go to europe for a week and then fly back, or is it like the Shengan agreement in Europe (you have to go away for 3 months before you are allowed back for another 3)???

Ive just crossed into canada and then gone back.

I gotta get meself a green card I think.


lowercase  said about 1 month ago:

Can you just go to europe for a week and then fly back

Yeah you can do it a maximum of three times in any calender year apparently. But on the second they start to get cagey over here and I have heard that many have been rejected coming back here for their third visit.

I reckon you could do it once no problems though and be here 6 months.


pandad  said about 1 month ago:

(you have to go away for 3 months before you are allowed back for another 3)>

I didn't know you had to leave for 3 whole months before coming back in. Is this true??


Gorn  said about 1 month ago:

For Europe Shengan countries, yes. ie: If you are living in Germany for 3 months you'd need to go to some far eastern european country like Romania for 3 months (out of Shengan) before you could come back to Germany for another 3 months.

That's awesome lowercase. I went to Mexico and back when I was in the states last year and they didn't even stamp my passport coming back so that option is useless, i thought going to Canada and back would be the same and wouldn't effect the initial 3-month visa waiver you were on???



lowercase  said about 1 month ago:

i thought going to Canada and back would be the same and wouldn't effect the initial 3-month visa waiver you were on???

I'm not quite sure about canada actually. I know mexico is useless and woudn't be surprised if Canada was the same no you mention it. you can always pop over to london for a week.


Gorn  said about 1 month ago:

yeah flights are pretty damn cheap.. especially from the East Coast.



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