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 Overview
 P1 - Athlete or Member of Athletic Team
 P1 - Member of Entertainment Group
 P2 - Artists & Entertainers in Exchange Programs
 P3 - Culturally Unique Artists & Entertainers
 P4 - Dependents
 Support Personnel
 Visa Petition
 Written Advisory Opinion
 Visa Stamping

P Visa: Support Personnel
Support personnels of P visa holders can get P visa if they are highly skilled essential support personnel's and are an integral part of the successful performance of a P1, P2 or P3 visa worker. Support personnels must perform support services that can't be readily performed by a US worker. Essential support personnels may be coaches, scouts, trainers and other team officials.

Support personnels must have appropriate qualifications and critical knowledge to perform the services. They must also have the experience in providing support to the P1, P2, P3 visa worker.

Petition is valid for the duration needed to complete the P-1, P-2 or P-3 Visa holder's event, activity, or performance, but may not exceed 1 year.

Documents for Petition
The petition for support personnel must be filed in conjunction with the petition for principal P visa.
You need to submit the following documents specifically for support personnels, in addition to the general set of documents required for all P visa applicants.
  • Statement describing the alien's prior and current essentiality, critical skills and experience with the principal alien

  • Copy of a written agreement between the employer and the alien or a summary of the terms of the oral agreement under which the alien will be employed
Petitions for P visa support personnel must be filed separately. It can't be included in the petition of the primary P visa holder.


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