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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
In our last GT Alert, Immigration and the Equine Athlete: Coming to America, Part I, we discussed the most common visas available to foreign nationals who travel to America to compete in horse shows, eventing, polo matches and horse racing, such as the use of the Visa Waiver Program, the B-1 visa, the P-1A visa and the O1-A Extraordinary Ability visa. In Part II, we provide some detail on other types of visas available to equine athletes.
Nonimmigrant Work Visa
The nonimmigrant work visa is the type of visa that those equine professionals who will be paid by a U.S. employer and who plan to stay in the United States for some period of time must obtain. This visa involves a number of steps – the first of which is for the U.S. employer to file a petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Once the employer does so, and requests classification for the foreign national in a particular category (such as one of the vis