Harry hasn’t yet become a U.S. citizen. In fact, a royal source told The Times in April 2020 that Harry would not be applying for U.S. citizenship or a green card in the foreseeable future.
And in March 2021, the Daily Mail cited experts who said that Harry could be working in the U.S. on an O-1 visa. According to the tabloid, the O-1 can take weeks to process — instead of months, like a green card — and can last up to three years.
The O-1 visa is “for the individual who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements,” according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.
“Harry would have no problem getting the O-1 because he’s a prince,” Doug Lightman, an immigration expert from Lightman Law Film in New York City, told the Mail. “He’s travelled all over the world … and there is his work with Invictus [Games, an event for wounded, injured, and sick service members, which Harry founded in 2014]. It’s going to be enough to qualify him.”