Managing Partner Michael Wildes is delighted to announce that Wildes & Weinberg P.C. has secured an O-1 visa approval on behalf of client Mr. Shane Shu, an extraordinary musician who has achieved significant success as a singer, songwriter and producer.
In 2008, Shane released his self-titled debut album, and his first single, “The Way She Talks To Me”, received critical acclaim and went into wide rotation on MTV Europe. The music video was directed by award-winning director Yoann Lemoine, best known for directing Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” video. His subsequent album “Let’s Burn This Town,” and hit single “Push Me To The Ground,” achieved similar success. His songwriting prowess was soon recognized by multi-platinum producer J.R. Rotem, who helped him get his songs into the hands of major artists such as Gwen Stefani, Train, and Demi Lovato. Thanks to his O-1 visa, Shane will now be working full-time with J.R Rotem and his label Beluga Heights, and will be collaborating on original music for FOX’s #1 TV show “Empire.”
Mr. Wildes is honored to have secured O-1 Visa classification on behalf of this multi-talented musician.
The O-1 visa classification is a non-immigrant visa classification for temporary workers, granted by the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to an individual “who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements.” There are also accompanying visa categories available to certain individuals who provide essential support to O-1 visa holders, and derivative immigration status available to immediate family members of O-1 visa holders.
Over the past 55 years, Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. has concentrated its practice in all aspects of U.S. immigration and nationality law, servicing the immigration needs of prominent American and International firms, banks, industrial, financial and manufacturing concerns and law firms in connection with the personnel needs of their foreign national employees.
In addition, Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. has a distinguished clientele and have done substantial immigration work for performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors/actresses, athletes, fine artists, art dealers, curators, and literary agents, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Joe Cocker, Johnny Rotten, Paloma Picasso, several Miss Universes’, supermodel Giselle Bundchen, and Sarah Brightman, the world’s bestselling female classical artist of the twenty-first century.
For more information on the O-1 visa category, which allows individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, athletics, business and education to live and work in the United States, please contact Managing Partner Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com and visit the firm’s website at www.wildeslaw.com.