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company, the applicant's employer, to sponsor them.

That left the O-1 visa.

Which is like, not, Einstein visa is not what I think of when I think of boy bands.

And so that word extraordinary, is that a key piece of the O-1 visa?

For a scientist, research papers and university grants could prove that they're extraordinary.

For an athlete, an Olympic gold medal might do the trick.

An author might give immigration officers book reviews to look over.

But for Boithrob, and for artists in general, lawyers have to get creative.

Have you seen other cases of influencers or people who are internet famous trying to apply for O-1 visas?

That is unusual.

I mean, could this redefine what extraordinary ability means?

The way U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services puts it on its website, applicants have to, quote, demonstrate extraordinary ability by sustained national or international acclaim.

For Boithraub, that basically means they need to make it big.

And the band's been working on it.

Boythrob has grown its social media following to more than a million on TikTok.

In the past few months, they've been featured in outlets like Teen Vogue, Cosmo, and yes, the Wall Street Journal.

Actually, it's possible that an immigration officer is listening to this podcast right now.

So hi there.

The band also released a single called Finger.