Prince Harry landed US jobs with visa for people with 'extraordinary ability', says expert
An expert has stated that a visa made for people with “extraordinary ability” might have helped Prince Harry land job opportunities in the US. Recently, it was announced that Harry has joined BetterUp, a mental health startup at Silicon Valley, as its chief impact officer. He also received a position as commissioner studying “fake news”. The 36-year-old will be joined by 14 other commissioners probing misinformation for the Aspen Institute.
After leaving the UK for the US, Harry was not initially eligible to work in a foreign land. To gain work opportunities, he could have applied for a green card, but the process takes a longer time. But now Immigration expert Doug Lightman, of Lightman Law in New York, said he might have got the O-1 visa which lasts up to three years. Earlier, the O-1 visa has been used by Canadian singer Justin Bieber and Australian actor Hugh Jackman. Here's a complete guide for US O-1 visa.
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Lightman added, “Harry would have no problem getting the O-1 because he's a prince. He's traveled all over the world... and there is his work with Invictus. It's going to be enough to qualify him.” However, there is no official confirmation on which visa Harry is on.
Meanwhile, recently the soon-to-be-father of a baby girl shared a quote on BetterUp's Instagram account. He wrote, “Self-optimization is not about fixing something that's broken. It's about becoming the best version of ourselves with whatever life throws at us — someone who is ready for the next challenge and can meet setbacks with courage, confidence, and self-awareness.”
As per reports, Harry joined the company in January only, but the Californian startup dubbed 'life coaching Tinder for millennials' made the announcement after the March 7 Oprah Winfrey interview, which was watched by tens of millions across the world. BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux said, “He's been in the role for a couple of months, and we're so excited to share the news with the world. We're partners here, he likes to be called Harry in the workplace, so we just address him as Harry.”
Speaking further about his royal employee, who is reportedly getting a seven-figure salary plus share options in his new role, Robichaux told Sky News: “We were just so impressed, and really I think there was such a natural chemistry and synergy around the insights and the contributions he can make creatively to BetterUp in ensuring that we achieve our mission. Bigger than commercial success, this is about global impact, and so as we crafted the role together, those four buckets of opportunities, we came to the title ‘chief impact officer’, really denoting that he's focused on our mission and he's focused on ensuring that we're doing everything we can to achieve our mission on a bigger and larger and grander scale to impact the lives of more people.”
“He's also helping to work on everything from product design to product strategy, to co-creating content and the experience for our members and helping with partnerships, like creating some new content for our users related to mental toughness and mental fitness as well,” the CEO added.