Neufeld Memo on Period of Authorized Stay for P-1S Individual Athletes’ Support Personnel

A 7/14/09 memo from Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, USCIS, extends guidance issued in a 3/6/09 memo titled "Procedures for Applying the Period of Authorized Stay for P-1 Nonimmigrant Individual Athletes" to P-1 essential support personnel of P-1 individual athletes.

The 7/14/09 memo, "Procedures for Applying the Period of Authorized Stay for P-1S Nonimmigrant Individual Athletes' Essential Support Personnel," clarifies that P-1S essential support personnel of individual athletes:

• Are not subject to a lifetime admission limit of 10 years in the United States;
• May reapply for a new P-1S initial period of admission, based on an approved petition, after they have been in the United States for a 10 year period; and
• Must depart the United States after 10 years in order to be eligible for a new initial period of admission of up to 1 year.