In this video, we'll talk about how a fitness influencer, somebody has a large YouTube or
Instagram following in the fitness industry, bodybuilder, model, coach, how can that person
get a visa to live and work in the United States? Watch this video and I'll tell you
more. In this video, we'll address this very hot topic of social media influencers. How
can a fitness influencer, in this case, get a visa to live and work in the United States.
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as well. So let's dive into the topic of social media influencers, in particular, fitness.
So, we have a lot of requests from fitness influencers, who are reaching us on YouTube,
on Instagram, from all over the world who are coming to the United States to visit,
to attend conferences, and sometimes, borderline work, because they're dealing with brands
that want to use their influence to be able to pay them. So, a typical case that we have
is an influencer from France who is in the fitness industry and has a large following
on Instagram and on YouTube. It is now being approached by brands in the United States
to be able to work here in the United States. They want to be able to shoot campaigns here,
they want to be able to pay that influencer here. And they want to be able to do work
with that person here. And remember, it's very difficult to hide those kinds of things
because social media is public, both the immigration and any agency can see that if anybody's doing
anything here because it's all public. So, what could be a good visa for fitness influencers
to be able to work in the US? If we can show that the influencers are actually competing,
they are in the fitness industry right now, and fitness is all that they do right now,
which means they are competing outside of their social influence, there may be a visa
called P visa or we can use that for somebody who is active in that space competing. But
this video, we're going to focus on the O1A visa for an influencer that does their business.
So, they're making money because they're online, because they get sponsored, because they offer
courses, because they offer coaching. So, this video is focused on the O1A visa for
somebody who comes here as a business person in the influencer industry, right? In this
case, let's take the French person as an example. So, he has a large following, more than a
hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, almost a million on Instagram, and that person is
making money from sponsored deals. We have brands who are paying him money to be able
to post for them. He's also making money from courses and coaching programs that he's offering
through his fitness app as well. And he's making money. That's his business. So, the
O1A requires a few things. We have to prove that, first of all, that person had a high
salary or high income before he's coming to the United States. And that's really something
that is not that hard to show because that person is making money right now, he is actually
able to survive just from the business. The second thing we have to show is that that
person has publicity and media, and articles about him and about his business. In this
case, he does have. He has publications online, he has publications in print, he has people
that are talking about him in different industries, relating to that, and he's able to prove that
and I'm using that. The third thing that we have to show that he has risen above his other
peers in the space. So, we can show that by getting letters from peers or other people
that are high level in the space that can attest to that person's achievements. So,
we get usually about 10 to 12 letters from high-level people in the industry. We can
show that they are also high level by their resume or by their achievements. That they
attest his abilities, that he's extraordinary in what he does, and that he's also able to
be that kind of person when he comes to the United States. And another thing is if that
person was a judge in a competition or in a particular event, or he was able to be an
authority in his space, like in this case, our influencer was a judge, part of the judging
panels in a fitness competition for other influencers that were submitting their products
to be evaluated. And he was able to be there. There was also a TV show that filmed that
particular competition. And so he was part of the whole competition and being a judge
on that and I was able to prove that he was a judge and in authority. So, these are just
a few factors that we have to prove in an O1 visa. Also, we have to prove that that
person, maybe you receive some awards that are notable in this particular industry. So,
in this case, he warrants certain awards that are not that easy to get them. So, there are
actually industry awards in his space, specifically in business. So, this is very much an entrepreneurship
type of visa that we try to get for that person. And so, these are awards were highly recognized
in the space, and they're worldwide. And so we're able to use that. But also, another
factor that is really important is membership in associations that it's not that easy…
there has to be a certain particular level of people that can actually come and be accepted
to that association. And we have to take the rules of conduct and show what it takes to
be a member. And that person obviously was able to show that. So, this is some of the
factors that we use in one of those O1A visas for influencers like that. And again, the
way we show it is in the business category because O1 has different… O1A has to be
in business. It can be the art, can be in music, could be a few other disciplines. In
this particular one for influences, we focus on the business entrepreneurship side because
we show how they’re using their influence, their audience, their metrics, the money they
make from all these deals to be able to build a business. And that was the most effective
way for us to get O1A visas for social media influencers, especially in the fitness industry,
which this video is about. So, if you're in the fitness industry, if you're an influencer,
if you have a large following, if you want to know if you qualify, make sure to send
us an email we'll be happy to give you a qualification assessment. If you know anybody else who's
an influencer, make sure you share that video with them. We love to work with influences.
Me personally, I have a large following on Instagram myself, we meet a lot of these influencers
through our Instagram connections. And so if you are watching this video, head over
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