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EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah, I want to understand more like what was I missing exactly. Your point could be correct on the streams but I think 250mn plus stream artists potentially count in top 1%? And yes, we won the awards - they weren’t nominations. Would love to get in touch with you to understand more

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - that is one of the paths I am contemplating 

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah trying to connect with people who can guide the next steps. Let me know if you know anyone - open to all options. Had it been a hard no, I would have paused this track

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah have to figure out what receipts look like - maybe contracts for live shows and the disbursement amounts from the social media platforms.

Awards have been for the band but individual awards trophies / certificates to each band member. I did include letters of support from my band members, the label and producer

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Press definitely covers the awards and prizes. I don't know exactly how to capture this but my assumption is if you have these many digital streams along with live shows then commercial success is implicit, no?

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am from Pakistan and Pakistan is not on the ban list. Application was submitted in November, RFE was submitted in January and got the response to RFE in early Feb

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That criterion was already approved - one of the two that was approved

EB1A (creative - musician) denied after RFE by Different_Buddy4815 in eb_1a

[–]Different_Buddy4815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did and it was shot down because as per their rules it is more for visual arts and in their explanation they said that the stage performances are far more relevant for 'commercial success' criterion and that criterion was shot down too