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Michelle Hackman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
416 total appearances

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The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

The lawyer they consulted said, well, it would be really great if you had a million followers on TikTok because that would show you guys are like a real deal.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

You're really viral.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Darshan can't just come here.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

I mean, he needs approval from the U.S.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

government.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

And all the avenues that we think of, he doesn't really fit into a lot of the regular categories.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Which is for people with extraordinary ability, either sort of in the sciences or in the arts, people call it the Einstein visa.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Yeah, exactly.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Let me put it in perspective.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

The O-1 visa is for Olympic athletes.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

It's for people who win major scientific prizes, very decorated authors.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

So that's kind of how selective we're talking.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Definitely.

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

That is the metric.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

You have to prove that you're extraordinary.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

And you have to actually find evidence that's quantifiable, that's objective, that you're extraordinary.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

They have to find sort of these objective third-party metrics.

The Journal.
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

For example, you know, have you exhibited your artwork at this, you know, well-known fancy gallery?

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

Are you getting write-ups in places that you can't pay for, like the Wall Street Journal that are independent arbiters of how good you are?

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The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

I mean, one kind of funny case is that a lot of OnlyFans stars are using the O-1 process and arguing that they're extraordinary because of how much they're getting paid, how many fans they have on OnlyFans.