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As someone who's had several of these artist visas in the past... especially when you're a small band with limited budget and need to get several of these - thi
by nippoo 2y ago
As someone who's had several of these artist visas in the past... especially when you're a small band with limited budget and need to get several of these - this is going to be cost-prohibitive for a lot of smaller artists.
FWIW, a lot of countries, including Canada / Australia etc allow artists who perform under a normal tourist visa which is essentially easy and free for much of the Western world. It always amazes me that I can perform in Canada by just flying over but I need to spend $1000+, hand in my passport for a week, go for an interview and wait several months just to do one show in the US.
- mataug 2y agoAs frustrating as the US visa system is, large numbers of people are still applying for visas which is funding USCIS. Until either the numbers drop, or congress changes how USCIS is funded, I unfortunately think this is not going to change.
- returningfory2 2y agoI don't think this is quite what's happening here. Overall USCIS is funded by fees, but operates a system in which some kinds of applicants subsidize other kinds of applicants. So, applications for asylum are free to make even though they cost USCIS a lot to adjudicate. To make up for this, USCIS charges extra for applications in other categories, like employment-based visas. I'm not sure what exactly is happening in this case, but by saying "Because the US can’t seem to get a handle on its borders" the article author seems to be claiming that artist visa fees are subsidizing asylum claim applications.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoTo be fair. Canada is stringent about Americans coming over the border and teaching anything, even in a non-professional capacity, without a work visa.
- ethbr1 2y agoCanada is oddly serious about their border with the US. Having traveled worldwide, it easily ranks up there with the most unfriendly customs officers. Maybe that's why Canadians are so nice? All their assholes are employed for border security?
- ChumpGPT 2y agoCanadians are not that nice. - Canadian.
- paleotrope 2y agoThey have to be to preserve their culture. The us population vastly outnumbers them and most of populated Canada is within a couple hours drive from the US. If there wasn't a strong border they'd end up being assimilated quickly.
- ChumpGPT 2y agoWhat culture? - Canadian
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- xenospn 2y ago“That’s the way she fucking goes”
- nick__m 2y agoThat's the theory yet we had so much immigration that the pro unfettered immigration prime minister¹ was forced to acknowledge that is a significant factor in the current housing crisis afflicting Canada. The federal accept immigrants faster than the GDP can raise, so the GDP per capita of Canada has shrunk². Yet the immigration minister is on record saying that the solution to temporary immigrants overstaying their visa is to make them permanent residents³. 1- He is a member of the https://centuryinitiative.ca https://centuryinitiative.ca , a group that want to see Canada having a population of 100 millions in 2100. And the only way it's possible is by having unsustainable immigration. 2- https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2024/statcan/36-28-0001/CS36-28-0001-2024-4-1-eng.pdf https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2024/statc... the latest drop in the previous graph is a consequence of that artificial population growth. 3- https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/temporary-visas-cut-meeting-1.7200025 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/temporary-visas-cut-meeting... as if this would help with the housing crisis or the shrinking GDP per capita
- kome 2y agoit's really not the same