P Visa

P Visa Overview

The P-Visa category covers entertainers and athletes who cannot qualify under the extraordinary ability standard for the O-category. The P-1 category is set aside for:

 1.    Alien athletes who compete individually or as part of a team at an internationally recognized level; and

Nonimmigrant Visas

USCIS Issues Precedent Appeals Decision on P-3 Nonimmigrant Visa Petition

Issuance Based on 2009 Petition by Los Angeles-based Skirball Cultural Center

Released May 15, 2012

 

WASHINGTON—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 entertainers.