Earning Passive Income as a Petitioner
Serving As Petitioner For P-1 And O-1 Visas For Passive Income
Every visa in the P-1 (Athletes and Music Groups) and O-1 (Musicians, Creatives, Entrepreneurs, Coaches, and more) categories requires a “petitioner” to sign off on the visa petitions. Under my sports agency, SDS Sports Group, I have made plenty of passive income by serving as the petitioner for visas when the visa applicant does not have another resource.
Typically, we charge $1000 - $2000 per visa application to serve as the petitioner for the visa.
The way we structure visa petitions, the petitioner is not responsible for providing any direct salary to the visa applicant. In most cases, the petition is structured so that the petitioner has no responsibilities besides the minimum required by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The minimum requirements to serve as a petitioner for P-1 and O-1 are as follows:
Petitioner agrees to receive service of process on behalf of the visa applicant
This means that the petitioner can accept the service of civil suits on the applicant, but they do not incur liability.
Petitioner asserts that the contents of the petitioner are true
You want to make sure that the person you are petitioning is actually in the field they say they are. The consequence if they are found to be not using the intended status is the revocation of the visa by USCIS.
Cost of reasonable travel back to the home country if the visa is terminated early
If there is no one else to pay, the petitioner is ultimately responsible for reasonable travel for the visa applicant if the petitioner terminates the visa early. We advocate contracting this portion of the responsibility to the visa applicant and someone overseas that is associated with them.
How To Work With Us To Serve With Petitioner Of P-1 And O-1 Visas?
One thing to understand about us is we do not have the normal intake process of a typical law firm. We are so specialized at what we do that we do not do intake sheets and generally only have an electronic communication process, AND we do not speak with talent. We only deal directly with the Petitioner Partner or another “handler” of the talent.
We are far better at pushing world-class petitions out the door rather than being distracted by customer service issues. It is precisely what we are set up to do as we are focused on writing and solving problems. So typically, we work with prominent individuals that already understand the issues we are solving, and that is counterproductive to have talent contacting us directly.
How To Get Started Working With Us As A Petitioner Partner For O-1 And P-1 Visas?
The first step is to fill out a petitioner intake, so we have your company’s information ready to go and sign I-129 forms.
www.sherrodsportsvisas.com/o1sponsor
As you start to have talent interested in the petitioner service, invite them to fill out a candidate sheet but remember to have them use your company information at the end.
Athletes: www.sherrodsportsvisas.com/candidate other: www.oaklg.com/candidate
Once we confirm eligibility and they confirm they are comfortable with the pricing plus your fee, we will send over the engagement letter and invoice.
Here is a link to visa pricing: www.oaklg.com/pricelist
With the visa package, we will include all of the information necessary for you to serve as a petitioner. The best practice is also to have the client name a “foreign employer, " any person/entity overseas listed as the main responsible party on the visa to even further distance you from responsibilities on the visa.
Useful information:
Video on our petitioner service: https://www.sherrodsportsvisas.com/p1-o1-petitioner-sponsor-service
Which one do I need? O-1 versus P-1 Visa
Athletics: https://www.sherrodsportsvisas.com/o1-or-p1-visa
Other: www.innovative-immigration.com
Playlist on visa services:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo2rPnvoZsP-TvPZPHiR7QOHLNP8rrLn7
Example of our petitioner service:www.sdsagency.io/agentintake