[Dixielandjazz] Silly rules & regs

[Ulf Jagfors]

There are two things to consider here

One is to play or any other performances like speeches, singing etc, for
public without an artist Visa. Closed gatherings are allowed as far as I
understand it.
The other is to enter a country boarder, US or AU or Europe etc, with an
instrument that has material made of material like ebony, rose wood and
ivory, which is restricted by international rules. That’s should not be a
problem for horn players, ivory covered bottoms?, but certainly is for
string instrument players. 
But, again, I have not heard of any problem with any of the above rules in
recent years. So go and play on Bourbon Street if you wish too.  

Ulf 


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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] För Gary Lawrence Murphy
Skickat: den 26 april 2014 03:12
Till: Ulf Jagfors
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Ämne: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Silly rules & regs

I've wondered about this as well; we live in southern Ontario and the
*short* route to visit the grandparents in Manitoba would be to go through
Chicago, only we'd want to take our trailer packed with brass instruments
and I'm afraid we'd get to the border on one side or the other and run into
trouble.  As much as we'd *love* to play in Chicago, even if only to stand
on a street corner and get our picture taken playing in Chicago, it's having
our instruments at our destination that we really want.

On 4/25/14, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
>
> Ulf wrote:
>>Also remember that in PRINCIPLE you, aliens, are not allowed to play 
>>for
> public in US if you enter with a tourist Visa. It doesn't matter if 
> you are paid or not. You need to have an artist Visa which is costly 
> and bureaucratic to receive. On the other hand I have not heard 
> recently of anyone been charge by the authorities for not complying 
> with that Visa rules.
>
>
> They could challenge you for carrying your instrument with you at Customs.
> I have had that problem travelling to the U.K.  Why do you have your 
> horn if you're not going to play, they ask?
>
> There are a lot of silly laws like that the one you mention, Ulf.  Did 
> you know an American citizen can not buy a Cuban cigar legally 
> anywhere in the world?  I mean, who is supposed to control that?  
> Cuban cigars are everywhere in Spain.  No one would stop you if an 
> American would buy one here.  Taking it back to the U.S. is another 
> matter.  It WILL be taken off of you at Customs.  It is money that 
> makes its way back to Cuba, therefore not legal to buy.
>
> A U.S. citizen cannot go to Cuba, either, even through a 3rd country 
> (which is often believed).  So, flying out of Spain to Cuba is a no-no for
me.
> They WILL stamp your passport, then it is a big problem next time you 
> go to the U.S.
>
> Yes, after 48 yrs, I still have U.S. citizenship, although I am a 
> resident of Spain.  My kids all have dual nationality by birth:  Irish 
> & U.S., which is nice for them, allowing them to work in the U.S. or
anywhere in Europe,
> so some rules are good.   :>  The U.S. doesn't allow you to have two
> different passports, but can't do anything about it if you gained them 
> by birth.
>
> Jim
>
>
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