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Original Date Announced
May 9, 2019In Policy Alert AFM PA-2019-03, USCIS updates Adjudicator's Field Manual to clarify the period of authorized stay for essential support personnel (P-1S) of individual athletes (P-1A). While the initial validity period of a P-1 petition for essential support personnel is limited to 1 year or less, the validity period of an extension of stay of essential support personnel of a P-1A individual athlete may thereafter exceed one year, provided (1) the purpose is to continue or complete the same event or activity for which they were admitted, and (2) it does not exceed the period of time necessary to complete the event, not to exceed 5 years, or a total period of stay of 10 years. [ID #762]
Policy Alert (AFM): Initial Period of Authorized Stay for P-1S Nonimmigrant Individual Athlete's Essential Support PersonnelEffective Date
May 9, 2019Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Non-Immigrant VisasAgencies Affected: USCISPre Trump-Era Policies
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USCIS practice pertaining to initial P-1S validity periods has varied previously, with some P-1S petitions having been approved with initial periods of stay that exceeded 1 year based on language in 8 CFR 214.2(p) that stated an approved P-1 petition for an individual athlete (also known as a P- 1A "shall be valid up to 5 years."
July 2009 Neufeld Memo - Procedures for Applying the Period of Authorized Stay for P-1S Nonimmigrant Individual Athletes’ Essential Support Personnel