Can a Podcast Help a Visa Application?
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In January, Patrick was contacted by a developer with a unique request. They were applying for a Visa application that would have a better chance of approval if there were articles (or podcasts) about their work. Patrick hopped on a call with designers Luke Li and Cindy Fan of BROKENCIGS to talk about their journey from China to the US, why they’re taking a unique route to try and stay here, and why New York spoke to them.
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| 0:00.0 | I've been a video game reporter for nearly 30 years now. |
| 0:22.9 | That's... |
| 0:24.4 | Deep breath, Patrick, focus. |
| 0:29.1 | Anyway, I've seen every pitch in the book trying to convince me why I should be interested |
| 0:34.2 | in one video game or another, but in early January, I received a wholly unique one that caught my attention. |
| 0:40.0 | Quote, I am writing to you to kindly ask about the potential possibility for a press coverage as our team's current status in the country is about to expire. |
| 0:48.3 | And we are looking at petitioning for the 01 visa so that we could continue working on our dream games in the city that inspired all of them. |
| 0:55.6 | Well, friend, you got me there. |
| 0:57.0 | The team in question is named Broken Sigs. |
| 1:00.2 | They're made up a group of students originally from China. |
| 1:02.5 | They have a friend-slop game and early access on Steam called the Hilltop Funeral. |
| 1:06.9 | It's about two players trying and failing to guide a coffin and its corpse to a resting place. |
| 1:11.6 | Broken Sigs has also been working on a game called Ink Russian, an ambitious narrative game |
| 1:15.7 | inspired by their home away from home, New York, and the city's art scene and the changing |
| 1:20.6 | scene in that city in general. |
| 1:22.6 | I had an opportunity to chat with two of the designers over at Broken Sigs, Luke Lee and |
| 1:27.4 | Cindy Fan. It was an opportunity to chat |
| 1:29.8 | about why they gave me this unique pitch, why after years in the United States they want |
| 1:36.2 | to stay here, why they are applying for an 01 visa, described by the U.S. Department of Homeland |
| 1:42.1 | Security as for an individual who possesses |
| 1:44.5 | extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or, quote, |
| 1:49.4 | who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television |
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