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Athletes and Coaches

With years of experience living on and working with visas for coaches and athletes, Attorney Andrew Sones has a special interest in serving the immigration needs of the athletic community, which are often different from other larger or more established businesses. While immigration is seldom straightforward, the playing field has only got more challenging over the last decade. With heightened scrutiny on all applications, a question from prospective clients is often “isn’t there a better way?”

 

Fortunately, many times, there is. The system is complicated, and many  people are unaware of which of the many immigration benefits that might be best for them. Indeed, being the most talented athlete, coach, means little without the means to express that properly. Many immigration lawyers have limited experience working with athletes or coaches. Our knowledge of the options available, and experience working closely with athletes, coaches, and small sport-focused companies, enables us to give you the best advice. We are focused on providing the best possible immigration services to athletes, coaches and their employers seeking to work and train in the United States. We can provide immigration services before college, then into future employment, and ultimately helping people build a life and a career here in the United States.

Our detailed knowledge of the visa options available to athletes, coaches and their employers, helps clients choose those with the greatest chance of success. These may include options that our clients had not considered, or had been guided away from by people unfamiliar with how to utilize a certain immigration benefit in the sporting context. We seek to craft successful arguments in a variety of immigration classifications, to obtain approvals even in unusual situations, presenting facts and arguments to give each petition the best chance of a speedy approval.

 

We also guide and advise our clients as to how they can change their operating practices in order to achieve compliance with the statutory requirements of the approvals they receive, and / or tweak existing practices to make new options available. Within the statutory requirements of each category, our clients have the widest possible range of choices in making immigration decisions, and the best possible guidance to ensure they conform to the practices and record-keeping requirements once approved, to ensure ongoing success.

Contact us if you are involved in playing or coaching sports, and want specialist help with your immigration needs.

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