{"id":983816,"date":"2026-01-07T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=983816"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:34:26","slug":"not-h-1b-why-onlyfans-stars-are-getting-genius-o-1b-visas-while-techies-face-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/07\/not-h-1b-why-onlyfans-stars-are-getting-genius-o-1b-visas-while-techies-face-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Not H-1B: Why OnlyFans stars are getting \u2018genius\u2019 O-1B visas while techies face bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of US visas for creative talent is changing. What used to be reserved for movie stars, famous musicians, and top artists is now opening up to social media influencers and online creators. According to a recent report from the Financial Times, today, follower counts, likes, and online earnings can help someone qualify for an O-1B visa \u2014 once reserved for those with awards and critical acclaim \u2014 showing how the rules of \u201cextraordinary talent\u201d are adapting to the digital age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of US visas for creative talent is changing. What used to be reserved for movie stars, famous musicians, and top artists is now opening up to social media influencers and online creators. According to a recent report from the Financial Times, today, follower counts, likes, and online earnings can help someone qualify for an O-1B visa \u2014 once reserved for those with awards and critical acclaim \u2014 showing how the rules of \u201cextraordinary talent\u201d are adapting to the digital age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}