Darshan Magdum, a member of the viral boy band Boy Throb, has announced that his U.S. visa has been approved. The O-1 visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa designated for people with "extraordinary abilities." In FY 2024, there were more than 20,000 O-1 visa applications and over 1,000 rejections, with application costs ranging from about $8,000 to over $10,000. To prove they were a real band, Boy Throb began its nationwide "Rehearsal Tour." An upshot of the Boy Throb saga is that many Americans are now far more aware of how needlessly complex the immigration system is.