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.
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.