EmptyTimCup
07-01-2012, 01:49 PM
Playboy Playmate Reportedly Receives ‘Genius’ Immigration Visa (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/really-playboy-playmate-reportedly-receives-genius-immigration-visa/)
Canadian Playboy “playmate” Shera Bechard has reportedly received a visa that the U.S. government typically reserves for “individuals with extraordinary ability” because of her experience with modeling and acting.
Though often referred to as the “genius visa” because one of the qualifications can be winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Bechard’s immigration lawyer Chris Wright argues: “There’s nothing in those regulations that requires you to be a genius…It’s quite condescending to say, ‘Oh, the idiot Playboy Playmates, they don’t qualify.’”
Former Playboy Playmate Shera Bechard Receives Genius O 1 Immigration Visa
Shera Bechard, right, poses with Hugh Hefner and Anna Sophia Berglund (Photo: AP)
Named Miss November in 2010, Bechard also started an online photo-sharing craze called “Frisky Friday,” where, according to the International Business Times, users upload scantily clad photos on Fridays.
The news is causing quite a stir, with some news sites asking whether Bechard deserves the visa. Reuters, which was one of the first sites to report on the event, is using it as an opportunity to explain immigration law and how difficult legal immigration can be.
Reuters explains:
As many immigration lawyers see it, the paucity of immigration options for the most entrepreneurial foreigners mean they must use any avenue they can. This approach, along with seeming flexibility in Washington on what constitutes “extraordinary ability,” means the O-1 is gaining traction in technology circles. Wider use could ultimately land it in political trouble.
For example, the H-1B visa, which allows employers to hire foreigners temporarily in certain specialized fields like technology, has drawn accusations from union groups and others that companies use it to bring in lower-skilled labor.
The O-1 visa allows individuals of “extraordinary ability” to come to the United States for up to three years, and can be extended. British journalist Piers Morgan used one when he replaced Larry King on his late-night TV show, Wright said.
so Piers Morgan is any smarter than a Playmate :jet:
Canadian Playboy “playmate” Shera Bechard has reportedly received a visa that the U.S. government typically reserves for “individuals with extraordinary ability” because of her experience with modeling and acting.
Though often referred to as the “genius visa” because one of the qualifications can be winning a Nobel Peace Prize, Bechard’s immigration lawyer Chris Wright argues: “There’s nothing in those regulations that requires you to be a genius…It’s quite condescending to say, ‘Oh, the idiot Playboy Playmates, they don’t qualify.’”
Former Playboy Playmate Shera Bechard Receives Genius O 1 Immigration Visa
Shera Bechard, right, poses with Hugh Hefner and Anna Sophia Berglund (Photo: AP)
Named Miss November in 2010, Bechard also started an online photo-sharing craze called “Frisky Friday,” where, according to the International Business Times, users upload scantily clad photos on Fridays.
The news is causing quite a stir, with some news sites asking whether Bechard deserves the visa. Reuters, which was one of the first sites to report on the event, is using it as an opportunity to explain immigration law and how difficult legal immigration can be.
Reuters explains:
As many immigration lawyers see it, the paucity of immigration options for the most entrepreneurial foreigners mean they must use any avenue they can. This approach, along with seeming flexibility in Washington on what constitutes “extraordinary ability,” means the O-1 is gaining traction in technology circles. Wider use could ultimately land it in political trouble.
For example, the H-1B visa, which allows employers to hire foreigners temporarily in certain specialized fields like technology, has drawn accusations from union groups and others that companies use it to bring in lower-skilled labor.
The O-1 visa allows individuals of “extraordinary ability” to come to the United States for up to three years, and can be extended. British journalist Piers Morgan used one when he replaced Larry King on his late-night TV show, Wright said.
so Piers Morgan is any smarter than a Playmate :jet: