Anthony Pawelski, Think Immigration, Feb. 27, 2024 "Touring as a musical artist in the United States and making a profit (or breaking even) is that much harder post-pandemic. Artists’ profits are drastically shrinking due to larger financial cuts from...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a teleconference on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) to provide feedback on issues regarding O and P nonimmigrant visa classifications in the performing...
"International stars in sports such as baseball, hockey and basketball have long been afforded special immigration status to play on U.S. teams. Think David Beckham, the former Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player from Britain, or Dodgers rookie phenom Hyun-Jin...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) today issued a binding precedent decision addressing the term “culturally unique” and its significance in the adjudication of petitions for performing artists and...
"The long immigration saga for New York Red Bulls star forward Luke Rodgers came to an end on Friday, as the club revealed the Englishman has been denied his P-1 Visa application to return to the United States. Rodgers and the club have agreed to terminate...
USCIS, O & P Webinar Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Questions and Answers
USCIS, Mar. 26, 2021 "The P-1A nonimmigrant visa classification is available, in part, to a person who performs, individually or as part of a team, as an athlete at an “internationally recognized level of performance.” This update provides more detailed...
USCIS - "O and P Nonimmigrant Visa Classifications U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a teleconference on Thursday, March 3, 2016, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) regarding the O and P Nonimmigrant Visa...
Updates to the November 20, 2009 Memorandum on Requirements for Agents and Sponsors Filing as Petitioners for the O and P Visa Classifications DRAFT FOR COMMENT ONLY Posted: 07-16-2015 Comment period ends: 08-13-2015 This draft does not constitute agency policy...
"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a stakeholder listening session on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 2–3 p.m. (Eastern) regarding the P-1A Internationally Recognized Athlete nonimmigrant visa classification. During...
"On the heels of the P-1 visas granted to Riot Games’ video game players over the summer, I was immediately approached by two (2) South Korean video game players, or “gamers”, as they are called in the electronic sports (eSports) industry. We successfully...
" Matter of Skirball Cultural Center remarkably recognizes the significance of crossover cultural trends and that “the idea of culture is not static,” which is increasing in our globalized world, where people have access to music from anywhere on an...
Matter of SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER, ID 3752, 25 I&N Dec. 799 (AAO 2012) - (1) Congress did not define the term “culturally unique,” as used in section 101(a)(15)(P)(iii) of the Immigration andNationalityAct, 8U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(P)(iii) (2006), leaving reasonable...