Managing Partner Michael Wildes is proud to announce the approval of the P-1B visa petition filed on behalf of Yardena Arazi and her Band.
Yardena is an iconic Israeli singer who has been performing with her band for many decades. She has released numerous successful albums and has toured around Israel and the world to sold out venues. As she and her band are considered to be an internationally recognized music group, they have been approved for P-1B visa status. Wildes & Weinberg also secured P-1S visa classification for the group’s supporting crew members.
Founded in 1960 by Michael’s father, Leon Wildes, whose best-known accomplishment was his successful representation of John Lennon in his widely publicized deportation proceedings, the circumstances of which have inspired several films and documentaries, Wildes & Weinberg specializes exclusively in the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law. More than fifty nine years since its inception the firm continues to serve a distinguished domestic and international clientele and covers all areas of U.S. immigration law, including employment and investment-based immigration, work permits, permanent residence for qualified individuals, family-based immigration, asylum applications and all temporary and permanent type visas.
In addition to running a highly successful immigration law practice, Michael was recently sworn-in as Mayor of Englewood, NJ, has just released his newly authored book, Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door, which draws on over a quarter of a century of his practice in the immigration field, is an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, serves as Counsel to Lincoln Center and two international/corporate law firms. Moreover, Michael is internationally renowned for his successful representation of distinguished individuals and corporate clients such as performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors/actresses, athletes, race car drivers, fine artists, art dealers, curators, musicians, photographers, stylists, and literary agents. Some of the firm’s recent clients include famed artist Sarah Brightman, several Miss Universe winners as well as soccer icon Pele, Chef Jean-Georges and Israeli singing sensations Subliminal, Eyal Golan and Gad Elbaz.
Today, the firm of Wildes & Weinberg, maintains offices in New York City, New York, Englewood, New Jersey, Miami, Florida, and a presence in Los Angeles, California and continues to maintain its stellar reputation in the field of U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law.
For more information on the P-1 visa category, please visit our Immigration 101 page or contact Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.