U.S. "Genius" visa attracts entrepreneurs and Playmates

http://www.reuters.com/ ^

[jakerobins]

Shera Bechard, the Canadian-born former girlfriend of Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner, would not be an obvious candidate for the special visas that the U.S. government reserves for "individuals with extraordinary ability."

Playboy magazine named Bechard Miss November in 2010, and she also started an online photo-sharing craze called "Frisky Friday." Neither seems quite on the level of an "internationally recognized award, such as a Nobel Prize," which the government cites as a possible qualification.

But Los Angeles immigration lawyer Chris Wright argued that Bechard's accomplishments earned her a slot. The government ultimately agreed.

That kind of success has put Wright on the map as the go-to visa fixer for both Hollywood and Silicon Valley. It also highlights the use of so-called genius visas known as O-1s and EB-1s, which have largely escaped political controversy and are now the immigration solution of choice for many entrepreneurs.

[jakerobins]

Great another loophole that Celeb elitists are exploiting......Glad to know the Genius Visas are being used for people like Piers Morgan and Hugh Hefners latest bimbo. /sarc

[edpc]

...special visas that the U.S. government reserves for "individuals with extraordinary ability."

Perhaps the CDC is interested in her ability to resist disease.

[OldNavyVet]

Old saying ... “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

[henkster]

There are rules, gentlemen....

[SoCal Pubbie]

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

So I guess you’re saying she’s talked Hef into making her an heir, and she got in just before he croaks?

[agere_contra]

Given the sort of people who get Nobel prizes these days, she’s overqualified.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,if Osama Obama’s parasite aunt and uncle can get Green Cards there's no reason why a syphilis-ridden whore from Canada shouldn't get one too.A trained infectious disease specialist could only imagine the strains of gonorrhea and syphilis she picked up from that 85 year old worthless cradle-robbing pervert,Heffner.

[RonF]

If Hugh Hefner was riddled with gonorrhea and syphilis he wouldn’t be alive at 85 today.

[jakerobins]

My apologies I almost forgot that the rule of law still applies at FR!

[NTHockey]

>>My apologies I almost forgot that the rule of law still applies at FR!<<

It may be the only place left in the entity formerly known as the USA. I wonder how many flags are flying upsid down today.

[orlop9]

is it just me, or does it look like she’s packing extra equipment?

[henkster]

If I’m the Immigration guy I say:

“You’re in.”

[Paladin2]

I saw one yesterday in my ‘hood.

[WestwardHo]

It appears to me that the more beautiful a woman is, the more clothes she has to take off in order to get attention.
If she were really valuable, and desirable, why would she have to do that?
But then, I’m just an old grandma...

[trailhkr1]

This Playboy women is so ugly...don't know how men even would want to procreate with her. Look at this poor women below...hideous....if it was just me and her and we were the only ones left on earth I might do it but only after placing a bag over her head...do it for the sake of the propogating the human race for humanity.

[trailhkr1]

It appears to me that the more beautiful a woman is, the more clothes she has to take off in order to get attention. If she were really valuable, and desirable, why would she have to do that?

Men don't want to see naked ugly women....

[Erasmus]

Obviously—the bathing suit.

[RichInOC]

So those actually are brains.

[Ancesthntr]

Shera Bechard, the Canadian-born former girlfriend of Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner, would not be an obvious candidate for the special visas that the U.S. government reserves for "individuals with extraordinary ability."

So who says that sucking a golf ball through a garden hose doesn't display "extraordinary ability?"

[Ancesthntr]

Just a tad picky, aren’t we?

Would toss her out of bed for eating crackers, that’s fer sure.