The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed making it much more costly to apply to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) for the required visas for international guest artists. Its plans to increase most of its filing fees, including those for O and P artist visas applications.

TMA stands together with the Federation and the Performing Arts Visa Task Force in opposition to those changes.

To read the full text of the PAVTF opposition please click here (PDF).