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Fellow celebs like Canadian singer Justin Bieber and Australian actor Hugh Jackman have also used the ‘extraordinary ability’, aka O-1 visa, which lasts up to three years.
According to the Duke of Sussex himself, he now has two brand new shiny jobs on top of his TV and radio deals in the US, which has led some to wonder how he obtained a visa allowing him to do so. It’s not like just anyone can cross the border and start working in the US; Harry can’t use the royal card to do whatever he wants, that atrocity ended a few hundred years ago.
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In other words, as a British citizen Harry is not automatically entitled to seek employment after following his American wife Meghan to California last year.
Experts say he may have applied for a green card, but this has significant income tax implications and can take almost two years to process.
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According to the O-1 visa website this type of visa is for, “an individual who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally.”
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Which begs the question, what in the world has Harry done to be considered extraordinary? In the good sense, we mean.
His recent scandalous interview with Oprah Winfrey did make millions for the TV industry, so maybe he can point to that good deed?
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After relocating he was once photographed on the street with a warm meal for a shut-in, does that qualify as astonishing?
He once used the LA National Cemetery for fallen soldiers in a pathetic PR photo op—that qualifies as exceptional. Just not in the good sense.
New York immigration expert Doug Lightman was willing to go on record to say the obvious: “Harry would have no problem getting the O-1 because he’s a prince.”
But wait, there’s more! “He’s travelled all over the world … It’s going to be enough to qualify him.”
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