Oct 8, 2026 · 34 min · 10 segments
What does it take for a Hollywood star to film in Italy? In this episode of *Celebrities on the Move*, hosts Shai Dayan and Rekha Simpson explore the immigration considerations behind Anne Hathaway’s…
Shai DayanHost
Rekha SimpsonHostCostanza PetreniGuest
Shai, you've got a very good story, I hear, related to your line of work, US immigration.
the, things in, in the US immigration world are, are, are getting rather difficult.
There's a combination of a lot of things going on, um, with changing regulations, changing interpretation of regulations, and I was at a, a dinner, uh, last week or a week before last week, and inevitably the question comes up, "What do you do?" And I don't know how it is, uh, you know, where you live, Rekha, but when someone in the United States says, "What do you do?" they're not asking you what you do for fun.
... inevitably, I say, "I'm a lawyer." And then they say, "What kind of law do you practice?" And then I say, "Immigration law." And then they say, "Oh, that must be very hard." And I say, "Well, I don't do deportation.
I do what they call business immigration, which is helping, you know, companies and their immigration needs and transferring foreign workers into the United States." So then this gentleman I was speaking to looked at me and he said, "Oh, you must have a very easy job." To, to that I said, "Sir, sir, let me, let me straighten you out.
To the contrary, sir, my job is actually very hard." He said, "Why is it hard? Doesn't the United States just want, um, to bring talented e- employees into the United States? Shouldn't that be easy?" And I had a whole conversation about how, the challenges and how difficult it is.
So it's just a story to, to illustrate how the general public really doesn't know the challenges that are going on right now in, in US immigration.
But we're up for the challenge at Vialto, and every day is a, a juggernaut, but we're, we're up for the challenge and we're doing it.
But I think that, you know, when you speak to people about, um, the type of immigration that we do, I always find, you know, most people are very interested, which is great.
Shai, you've got a very good story, I hear, related to your line of work, US immigration.
the, things in, in the US immigration world are, are, are getting rather difficult.
There's a combination of a lot of things going on, um, with changing regulations, changing interpretation of regulations, and I was at a, a dinner, uh, last week or a week before last week, and inevitably the question comes up, "What do you do?" And I don't know how it is, uh, you know, where you live, Rekha, but when someone in the United States says, "What do you do?" they're not asking you what you do for fun.
... inevitably, I say, "I'm a lawyer." And then they say, "What kind of law do you practice?" And then I say, "Immigration law." And then they say, "Oh, that must be very hard." And I say, "Well, I don't do deportation.
I do what they call business immigration, which is helping, you know, companies and their immigration needs and transferring foreign workers into the United States." So then this gentleman I was speaking to looked at me and he said, "Oh, you must have a very easy job." To, to that I said, "Sir, sir, let me, let me straighten you out.
To the contrary, sir, my job is actually very hard." He said, "Why is it hard? Doesn't the United States just want, um, to bring talented e- employees into the United States? Shouldn't that be easy?" And I had a whole conversation about how, the challenges and how difficult it is.
So it's just a story to, to illustrate how the general public really doesn't know the challenges that are going on right now in, in US immigration.
But we're up for the challenge at Vialto, and every day is a, a juggernaut, but we're, we're up for the challenge and we're doing it.
But I think that, you know, when you speak to people about, um, the type of immigration that we do, I always find, you know, most people are very interested, which is great.
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