What Constitutes a Valid “Event” for entry as an O-1 Athlete?
On July 29, 2008, the Administrative Appeals Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service clearly interpreted a coaching contract with a squash facility to satisfy the definition of an event. Accordingly, the O-1 requirement that an athlete must have a specific athletic event for which they are entering the U.S. can be satisfied by evidencing an employment contract, which in this particular petition was an employment contract between a squash coach and a training facility.
