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Entertainers & Other Outstanding Individuals

U.S. Visas for Outstanding Individuals

The United States if selective about whom it allows into the country. Our visa preference system favors individuals with outstanding talents and ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.

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Outstanding Individual Visa Lawyers

The immigration law attorneys of Byrd & Associates have helped all types of outstanding individuals come to the U.S. on a temporary or permanent visa. We have represented:

  • Olympic Athletes
  • Models
  • Actors, Actresses
  • Mr. Austria, 2004
  • Professional Athletes

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, applicants in this category must have extensive documentation showing sustained national or international acclaim and recognition in the field of expertise. Published materials, press clippings, honors, awards, testimony of others, academic degrees, and salary history can all serve to document your eligibility as an outstanding individual.

You do not have to have a specific job offer to obtain an outstanding individual visa as long as you are entering the U.S. to continue work in the field in which you have extraordinary ability.

Temporary Visas
(Non-Immigrant Visas)

Permanent Employment Visas (Green Cards)
  • Visa Aliens with Extraordinary Ability

P Visas Entertainers, Athletes

EB-1 Priority Workers

EB-2 Professionals with Advanced Degrees or Persons with Exceptional Ability

To learn more about obtaining an outstanding individual visa, please contact our firm for a free initial consultation. Employers who wish to hire outstanding individuals do not need to go through the labor certification process.

From our office in Los Angeles, our immigration attorneys represent individuals and businesses in San Francisco, throughout California, across the country, and around the world.


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From offices in Los Angeles, California, the attorneys of Byrd & Associates represent clients throughout California, across the U.S., and around the world. Regionally we remain committed to serving clients in San Bernardino, Newport Beach, Irvine, Long Beach, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, El Centro, Calexico, San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Southern California, Northern California, the Inland Empire, the Bay Area, and Las Vegas.