Artists living in Chicago with O-1B visas have to navigate a system that is stacked against them. Read more from writer 2ndFiddle: college artists
and works for a nonprofit arts and culture organization, on top of her teaching gigs. But any money Cheng saves over the next few years will likely get drained when she reapplies for the O-1B, in 2026. Between legal fees and USCIS processing fees—
Gonzalez-Cadel initially came to the U.S. from Argentina as a dependent on Gueglio’s student visa. When the couple moved to Chicago for Gueglio’s Ph.D. program, his university funding allowed Gonzalez-Cadel to qualify for a J-2 visa, a status which allowed her to find employment. For years, she worked as a beloved Zumba instructor at the University of Chicago while building her acting résumé.
In response, Gonzalez-Cadel joined a campaign organized by other immigrant actors to advocate that Equity change its union bylaws to grant membership to actors with O-1 visas,“I try to be a voice in every room that I’m in. I’m part of the local board of directors at SAG-AFTRA, and I say, ‘Well, what about us? What about the folks that are here working?’” Gonzalez-Cadel says.
“[The O-1B] is built for folks that have financial access. If you can’t bag groceries at Trader Joe’s to supplement your income, who will supplement your income?” Gonzalez-Cadel says.they’d experienced discrimination on the basis of their visa status during job searches. Both Sha and Cheng have had employers abruptly stop corresponding with them well into a hiring process after learning they were in the U.S. on a visa.
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