In August 2025, Tamizdat produced a webinar with the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), designed to help performing arts and music venues […]
USCIS regular processing times have gone from bad to worse: This affects anyone who needs an O or P visa, or any other petition-based visa. Petition processing times are going […]
As many of you know, last night Donald Trump issued a proclamation that bans travel to the US impacting travelers from several countries. This email summarizes what we know and […]
Last updated: March 26, 2025 Creating an FAQ about US immigration is no easy task right now. Predictably, the media coverage of recent events at US ports of entry and […]
Dear friends and colleagues, As you may recall from our September update, a recent change of procedure at USCIS has O and P visa petitions all going to the Texas […]
Updated 1/29/2025 Much of the international music industry is gearing up once again for SXSW, and as usual, industry professionals and musicians have a lot of questions about the legalities […]
Dear colleagues— Many of you have expressed concern about how the new Trump administration’s policy initiatives might affect the process of bringing international artists into the US. The White House […]
First Published: August 6, 2024 Updated February 11, 2025 Dear Colleagues, We write you with an update on recent changes at USCIS that have significantly impacted processing times. For the […]
Last February, we shared with you our brief explainer about the recent USCIS Fee Changes, in which we outlined the important points of the new rule and what it means […]
On May 29th, Tamizdat submitted our public comment to the Department of State on their proposal to extend the use of the form DS-5535, first introduced under former president Trump’s […]
Last year’s prestigious Salzburg Seminar session ‘On the Front Line: Artists at Risk, Artists Who Risk’ saw more than fifty artists, activists and representatives—including Tamizdat’s Matthew Covey and Artistic Freedom […]
Many will remember that the government proposed significant visa filing fee hikes in January 2023. After considerable international outcry—especially from the performing arts sector—the hikes were successfully stalled… until now. […]
Much of the international music industry is gearing up once again for SXSW, and as usual, industry professionals and musicians have a lot of questions about the legalities of entering […]
As some of you know, as of October 1, 2023 there has been a change in filing location for the Form I-129 petitions for O and P visa applications. These […]
We are very excited to share our update on important U.S. Artist Mobility Advocacy Update in October 2023. On October 11th, a historic meeting took place that moved forward the […]
It appears that our voices were heard. Last January, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposal to significantly increase fees, an increase that would massively impact touring performing […]
U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced it is raising the consular processing fee for O and P visa applications from $190 to $205. The final rule and fee increase […]
Update on the Proposed Fee increase for US Artist Visas In the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of press coverage of USCIS’s proposed fee increases as […]
SXSW will go live and in person in Austin this March. Unsurprisingly, international industry professionals and musicians have a lot of questions about the legalities of entering the U.S. This […]
After two years online, SXSW is scheduled to finally go live and in person in Austin this March. Unsurprisingly, international industry professionals and musicians have a lot of questions about […]
On December 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of State announced an immediate expansion of its policy permitting U.S. consulates to waive in-person interviews for some visa applicants. When granted, the […]
Effective midnight on Dec. 31, The Biden/Harris administration reversed restrictions imposed in November to combat the spread of the Omicron variant, banning air travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, […]
Effective November 29, 2021, the Biden Administration has announced a new travel ban restricting air travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. In announcing the […]
The Biden/Harris administration announced this morning that it will ease travel restrictions to the U.S. in “early November;” no specific date has been announced yet. The new rules will allow […]
After more than a year of canceled, postponed, or reimagined performances, U.S. arts organizations, presenters, and agents have resumed programming and planning for the 2021-22 season, only to find […]
For once, we have good news! You may recall that in early 2019, the previous administration announced two deeply anti-artist visa rule changes: They cancelled the “traditional expedite,” a service that […]
We, the below-signed U.S. arts organizations, submit the following in response to the Call for Public Comment on the National Endowment for the Arts Strategic Plan FY 2022-2026: In redrafting […]
Trump-era public charge rule no longer in effect, and foreign nationals in legal status in the U.S. may now make use of certain public assistance programs, including SNAP (“food stamps”) […]
Good news! (Go figure!) Two years ago, the IRS made a new rule, the impact of which was to hugely increase the effective tax withholding on low earning and independent […]
It’s been a dizzying few months in the world of U.S. immigration. The latest whiplash-inducing event occurred last Tuesday night when a court blocked USCIS’s planned fee increases and other […]
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