From a filing practice, not a content farm

Sports visa guides written from the petitions themselves

Fifteen-plus years of P-1 and O-1 filings, published case stories, and an inbox of real questions from athletes, coaches and clubs — distilled into guides that say what actually happens.

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Which visa do you need?

P-1A, P-1S, O-1A, O-1B, O-2 and EB-1A in one honest table — by role and by situation.

Eligibility

Do you qualify for an O-1A?

The candid read — including where athletes usually fall short, and what closes a gap.

Evidence

The O-1A evidence checklist

Criterion by criterion, from petitions this office filed.

Timing

How long it really takes

The four clocks, what premium processing buys, and planning backwards from an event.

When something has gone wrong

RFE

Responding to an RFE

The four RFE types in sports petitions and what a complete response contains.

Denied

Petition denied

The four routes out, with real recovered matters behind the advice.

221(g)

Administrative processing

Approved, interviewed, and stuck — what legitimately moves it.

Urgent

Emergency appointments

The expedite routes, and four published matters where they worked.

By sport, by role, by structure

Cricket

Cricket players & coaches

MLC-era routes, from a firm with published cricket filings.

Track

Track & field

Rankings evidence, meet itineraries, the NCAA-to-pro transition.

Officials

Referees, judges & officials

The classification gap nobody else writes about.

Buyers

Bring a coach to the US

The club and academy side: route, timeline, and your paperwork.

Structure

Agent vs team petitioner

The question fifteen years of agent-based practice was built on.

Lifecycle

Renewals & extensions

The three things "renew" means and which one you need.

Trials

Tryouts, trials & combines

Where the B-1 line really sits — before you book the flight.

Talk it through with the attorney who files these

Every guide ends the same honest way: your case turns on your facts. A $500 consultation with Sherrod Seward covers your specific facts — credited toward the fee if you retain the firm.

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