H.R. 4354 · 109th Congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a separate nonimmigrant classification for fashion models.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Anthony Weiner
- Introduced
- 2005-11-16
- Latest action
- 2006-02-06 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the current nonimmigrant H-1B visa category for fashion models with a new (O-3) visa category. Limits such entrants to not more than 1,000 per fiscal year.
Defines such category as a fashion model who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling services that involve events or productions which have a distinguished reputation or that are performed for an organization or establishment that has a distinguished reputation for, or a record of, utilizing prominent modeling talent.