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In reply to the discussion: Melania was an Epstein Escort [View all]Kid Berwyn
(25,221 posts)45. A-1 Certified Genus
What is the Einstein visa?
And how did Melania Trump get one?
by Joel Gunter
BBC News, 2 March 2018
EXCERPT...
Nicknamed the "Einstein Visa", the EB-1 is in theory reserved for people who are highly acclaimed in their field - the government cites Pulitzer, Oscar, and Olympic winners as examples - as well as respected academic researchers and multinational executives.
Mrs Trump began applying for the visa in 2000, when she was Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model working in New York and dating Donald Trump. She was approved in 2001, one of just five people from Slovenia to win the coveted visa that year, according to the Post.
Becoming a citizen in 2006 gave her the right to sponsor her parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, who are now in the US and in the process of applying for citizenship.
SNIP...
Before applying for a green card - which grants permanent residency - she had worked as a runway model in Europe and featured to a limited extent in UK and US magazines. She appeared on the cover of British GQ on a fur rug in Mr Trump's private jet, and in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated in the US. She was not a top international model.
SNIP...
Testimonials form part of the application, and the more high-profile the reference the more weight it carries. If Mrs Trump, already dating Mr Trump at the time she applied, secured letters from luminaries in fashion, that would be significant, Ms Upadhye said.
Continued hypocrisy...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43256318
And how did Melania Trump get one?
by Joel Gunter
BBC News, 2 March 2018
EXCERPT...
Nicknamed the "Einstein Visa", the EB-1 is in theory reserved for people who are highly acclaimed in their field - the government cites Pulitzer, Oscar, and Olympic winners as examples - as well as respected academic researchers and multinational executives.
Mrs Trump began applying for the visa in 2000, when she was Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model working in New York and dating Donald Trump. She was approved in 2001, one of just five people from Slovenia to win the coveted visa that year, according to the Post.
Becoming a citizen in 2006 gave her the right to sponsor her parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, who are now in the US and in the process of applying for citizenship.
SNIP...
Before applying for a green card - which grants permanent residency - she had worked as a runway model in Europe and featured to a limited extent in UK and US magazines. She appeared on the cover of British GQ on a fur rug in Mr Trump's private jet, and in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated in the US. She was not a top international model.
SNIP...
Testimonials form part of the application, and the more high-profile the reference the more weight it carries. If Mrs Trump, already dating Mr Trump at the time she applied, secured letters from luminaries in fashion, that would be significant, Ms Upadhye said.
Continued hypocrisy...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43256318
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Yes, but her last name isn't Harris, Biden or Obama, so the corporate media looks the other way.
Chasstev365
23 hrs ago
#2
Corporate McPravda serves up distractions to advance its owners' interests.
Kid Berwyn
22 hrs ago
#9
No picture credit? Who's photo is it and who are the people who aren't recognizable by everyone? TIA
littlemissmartypants
9 hrs ago
#71
Don't know why this hasn't gotten more coverage on CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutworks,
republianmushroom
21 hrs ago
#17
And he is still paying for her but now all he gets is an occasional attendance at one of his dinners or events.
Bev54
18 hrs ago
#46
Oh that can't be true...she arrived in the U.S. brandishing an Einstein passport.
allegorical oracle
17 hrs ago
#52
FETUS* looks like a deer in the headlights in the photo that accompanies this article.
Blumancru
47 min ago
#73