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[Please insert on your letterhead] [Please insert the date here] US DHS CIS Vermont Service Center 30 Houghton Street St. Albans, VT 05478 Re: Ms. Immigration Application Dear Sir or Madam: I am writing this letter on behalf of Ms. and in connection with her 0-1 Visa Application. My name is David Blaine and I am a magician, an illusionist and an endurance artist. I am known for my high-profile feats of endurance, and have made my name as a performer of street and close-up magic. I have performed all over the world and have set and broken several world records, including holding my breath for more than 17 minutes, spending 35 hours atop a 105-foot pole and surviving a week buried in a coffin. I have traveled internationally performing magic privately for President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Henry Kissinger, Bill Gates and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I have also performed magic for the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych, and the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. I met a few years ago through mutual friends and I was highly impressed with her: I first met her as an amazing fashion model, but, then, I discovered her intelligence, education, and her passion for children and education. So, when I saw the other side of Svet, performing her own brand of magic in fundraisers and other high end charitable events and organizations, I realized what an amazingly talented public relations and fundraising expert she is, and I was not surprised the least. When it comes to organizing events, finding A-list funders for her causes, in my opinion, is at the top of her game and is a true magician — the success stories she pulled for the children on the US Virgin Islands, the Ivory Coast, and many others are true miracles […]