Managing Partner Michael Wildes is pleased to announce that Wildes & Weinberg P.C. has secured an EB1-1 petition approval on behalf of internationally acclaimed model manager Susannah Hooker, based upon her extraordinary ability in the arts.
Ms. Susannah Hooker is a Model Manager at the very pinnacle of the fashion modeling industry who has sustained an extensive career discovering new “faces” and developing models into international superstars. Ms. Hooker’s contributions to the industry have demanded the attention of top modeling agencies, major media, designers, and elite fashion professionals for over 15 years. She has numerous high-profile bookings she has secured for models throughout her career thus far. Some examples of these leading industry names include Italian Vogue, Interview Magazine, V Magazine, Calvin Klein, Versace, Italian Vogue, Burberry, Alexander Wang, Teen Vogue, Coach, i-D Magazine, W magazine , Numero, Dolce & Gabbana. Ms. Hooker has been profiled in prestigious publications such as 10 Magazine, Vogue UK, Grazia UK, and Marie Claire UK, including interviews seeking to share her expertise in discovering and developing new model talent. A review of Ms. Hooker’s work as a Model Manager can lead to no conclusion other than the fact that she has achieved and maintained a superior level of sustained acclaim in the fashion industry, and is one of a small percentage who has risen to the very top of her field.
The EB-1 is the green card equivalent of the O-1 nonimmigrant visa. In order to qualify for an O-1 visa, which allows individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, athletics, education or business to live and work in the United States, a foreign national must provide adequate documentation to demonstrate that he/she has sustained national or international acclaim in their field.
In addition, the individual must provide substantial evidence to prove that he/she meets three of the evidence categories defined by statute, as well as a written advisory opinion from a labor union or relevant peer group. The O-1 visa applicant must also show that he/she has an offer of employment in the United States to work in his/her field of expertise (or several offers of employment from multiple sources, along with a third-party Agent to petition on the individual’s behalf and connect him/her to the multiple employers).
For more than fifty six years, the firm of Wildes & Weinberg has concentrated its practice in all aspects of U.S. immigration and nationality law, servicing the immigration requirements of prominent American and International individuals and corporations, banks, industrial, financial and manufacturing concerns, and law firms in connection with the personnel needs of their foreign national employees. In addition, the firm has a distinguished clientele and has done substantial immigration work for investors, scientists, physicians, bankers, performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors, athletes, fine artists, art dealers, curators, musicians, and literary agents.
For more information on the O-1/EB-1 visa category, please visit our Immigration 101 page or contact Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.