¿Qué son las visas P-1B y P-1S?

Angelica Rice • October 16, 2022

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Una de las opciones de visa de USCIS es una visa P. Las visas P generalmente se reservan para atletas reconocidos internacionalmente (P-1A), artistas o grupos que actúan bajo un Programa de Intercambio Recíproco (P-2), un artista o animador que es parte de un programa culturalmente único (P-3), o alguien que sea miembro de un grupo de entretenimiento reconocido internacionalmente (P-1B) y su personal de apoyo esencial (P-1S).

La clasificación P-1B se aplica a usted si viene a los Estados Unidos temporalmente para actuar como miembro de un grupo de entretenimiento establecido por un mínimo de un año y reconocido internacionalmente como destacado en la disciplina por un período de tiempo sostenido y sustancial.

Para ser elegible para la visa P-1B, al menos el 75 por ciento de los miembros de su grupo deben haber tenido una relación sustancial y sostenida con el grupo durante al menos un año (también conocido como, al menos el 75 por ciento de los miembros del grupo deben haber sido miembros durante al menos un año).

Además, su grupo de entretenimiento debe ser reconocido internacionalmente, tener un alto nivel de logro en un campo evidenciado por un grado de habilidad y reconocimiento sustancialmente superior al que se encuentra normalmente, en la medida en que dicho logro sea reconocido, líder o bien conocido en más que un país. La reputación del grupo, no los logros individuales de sus miembros o la aclamación de una producción en particular, es esencial.

Tenga en cuenta que esta es una visa grupal y que los artistas individuales que no actúan como parte de un grupo no son elegibles para esta clasificación de visa. Sin embargo, los artistas individuales o en dúo que actúan regularmente con instrumentistas de respaldo también pueden demostrar elegibilidad para esta visa.

El personal de apoyo, que es esencial para el desempeño del grupo, también es elegible para una visa P-1 para que puedan viajar y ayudar al grupo. Esta visa es una visa P-1S y se presentaría junto con la petición de visa P-1B del grupo. Para que el personal de apoyo sea elegible para una visa P-1S, se debe demostrar que son una parte integral de la actuación de un(los) artista(s) P-1 y que realizan servicios de apoyo que no pueden ser realizados fácilmente por un trabajador estadounidense. El personal de apoyo puede incluir personal de recepción, operadores de cámara, técnicos de iluminación y personal de escenario.

Para obtener más información sobre P-1B y P-1S, así como otras visas P, y para determinar si una de estas visas es adecuada para usted, comuníquese con uno de nuestros experimentados abogados de inmigración.

Este blog no pretende ser un consejo legal y nada aquí debe interpretarse como el establecimiento de una relación abogado-cliente. Programe una consulta con un abogado de inmigración antes de actuar sobre cualquier información que lea aquí.

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