I-140
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I-140 describes artists Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones’ five-year-long, $40,000 struggle with the US immigration services. The video shows the couple holding hand-made signs on the side of highways. Each sign tells of a step in their struggle to keep Talisman legally in the US. Their story is most ironic as Talisman’s own mother (and grandmother) are US citizens. If the couple were heterosexual Talisman would immediately be granted Hibbert-Jones’ US citizenship. Talisman applied to stay in the US under the I-140 Artist of Extraordinary Ability category; it was rejected by an USCIS clerk in Nebraska based on “insufficient evidence.” Talisman’s current US visa application status is “pending.” Video, photographs, hand painted signs, 2009.