toni tuominen

Thanks guys, Company is still working on with the visa. What about how foreign people get paid if they don't have US bank account ? And where do they pay taxes ? To US or workers home country or both ? Yeah I know these questions may sound silly and I'm sure if I get the visa I don't have to worry those things.. Working without the visa doesn't sound like a good idea. I think that there can always be someone in the crew how don't like that there is people working without working license... And its only one call from that person and I'm out of the USA rest of my life.. So I just have to hope that I get that god damn visa!!! :) Toni

Thanks Phil for the quick reply. Yeah it looks quite difficult.. Have to cross my fingers, US producers are still working on with the visa application.. we'll see Toni

Hi, This topic has been discussed few times before in this forum, but my situation is slight different... or is it? When I tried to search through the forum i've found that usually people are looking how to get in to the film business in US. well anyway, here is my story I've been asked to shoot a feature film as a DP in NYC by production company located in US. It will took total of 8 weeks for pre-production and shooting the film. So that means I'd have to be in the country only that long. I know that it is almost impossible to get "working visa" to the States, but I think also that a lot of European DP's are doing this kind of short jobs in US. If there is people that have any experience of this kind of situations and would like to share them I would be thankful. Best regards Toni Tuominen