Transatlantic assocs campaign for US visa overhaul
AMAC, backed by PRS, the Agents' Association, Sounds Australia, Pearle* and Reeperbahn Festival, seeks to reform the "complex and unreliable" artist visa process
News By | 22 June 2017
In the wake of the visa confusion surrounding this year’s South by Southwest, US-based nonprofit Tamizdat has organised the Artist Mobility Advocacy Coalition (AMAC), a coalition of industry…
associations, unions and festivals on both sides of the Atlantic committed to “improving the US artist visa process”.
More than ten SXSW performers were denied entry to the US in March after attempting to enter the country on tourist visas. The artists argued that since their showcases were unpaid and…
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