Canadian Playmate Shera Bechard May Be Hot, But...A GENIUS Visa?
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Shera BechardNot quite.  Hot blondes are a dime a dozen.  Do we really need to give green cards to them?

Yahoo/Reuters  June 29, 2012 by Sarah McBride

U.S. "Genius" Visa Attracts Entrepreneurs And Playmates

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 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.

But then,  she isn't from some third world hell hole.

 

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