Sherrod Sports Visas is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or part of EVO. We are an independent law practice that helps fighting-game players obtain U.S. work visas to compete in EVO events.
FOR FIGHTING-GAME PLAYERS · P-1A · O-1A · EB-1A

GET VISA-READY.
RUN THE BRACKET.

We help competitive fighting-game players obtain U.S. work visas to compete on the American circuit, including EVO events. The discipline's biggest stage is built in the United States: an annual summer championship in Las Vegas that draws thousands of entrants across the marquee fighting-game titles, plus a year-round run of U.S. majors that feed the world rankings. The players who win it come from Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Europe and Latin America — and prize money makes it work, which makes it a visa question. Send us your record, and we map the category that fits before you book your flight.

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A U.S. sports-immigration practice — more than a decade of P-1, O-1 and EB-1A casework for world-class competitors.

HOW IT WORKS FOR FIGHTING-GAME PLAYERS

1

SUBMIT YOUR RECORD

Name, country, titles, rankings, the events you're targeting. Two minutes. Your inquiry goes straight to our legal team, and you get a written recap by email.

2

WE MAP YOUR VISA

P-1A, O-1A or EB-1A — based on your record, not guesswork. The U.S. events on your calendar become the itinerary; a proper petitioner structure — a team, a sponsor, or an agent-petitioner — is set up so the filing stands on solid ground.

3

TAKE YOUR SEAT

Petition filed and, when an event date is tight, premium processing gets USCIS to decide in weeks. Visa in hand — you enter, you compete, you collect your winnings. Legally.

THE HONEST READ, BEFORE YOU SPEND A DOLLAR

U.S. immigration has treated professional gamers as athletes for more than a decade — the P-1A precedent in esports is real. It is also not automatic. What works FOR you — two decades of archived brackets and rankings, publisher-run pro tours with published standings, documented prize pools, and a championship culture old enough that the sport's record-keeping reads like any traditional sport's. What works AGAINST you — open-entry brackets raise the same questions officers ask about any open-entry sport: anyone can enter, so your file has to prove YOU are internationally recognized, not merely registered. A player with major top-8s, tour standings or national titles usually has a strong P-1A case. The O-1A demands sustained acclaim across multiple evidence categories, and the EB-1A green card is for the discipline's world-champion tier. If your record isn't there yet, we tell you that too — that's what the visa check is for.

PICK YOUR PATH

P-1A ATHLETE VISA

$6,000 service fee

For the player with a real record coming to run the U.S. circuit.

  • Internationally recognized competitors
  • A season of U.S. events = the itinerary
  • Team, sponsor or agent-petitioner structures
  • The realistic first category for most players
SEE THE FULL P-1A PROCESS

O-1A EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY

$8,000 service fee

For the top of the discipline — when the record is deep enough to prove it.

  • Sustained, championship-level records
  • Compete, stream, coach, appear, do media
  • More flexible than P-1A — and a higher bar
  • Built on titles, rankings, press and expert letters
SEE THE FULL O-1A PROCESS

EB-1A GREEN CARD

$8,000 service fee

The end game: the extraordinary-ability green card.

  • Permanent residence — self-petitioned
  • No sponsor or employer needed
  • Highest bar, biggest prize
  • Live, compete and build a U.S. future permanently
SEE THE FULL EB-1A PROCESS
Flying in on a visitor visa to play for prize money? B-1/B-2 rules around competing for winnings are narrow, technical and unforgiving — a denied entry at the border can cost you a bracket run and poison future filings. If that's your current plan, tell us in the form and we'll give you the straight answer on where the line is.

WHY US

Proof, not promises — our practice in one paragraph.

COMPETITION VISAS ARE THE PRACTICE

More than a decade of P-1A, O-1A and EB-1A petitions for world-class competitors — champions, Olympic medalists and internationally ranked professionals across combat, arena and electronic sports among many others — with published casework on our main site.

PETITIONER STRUCTURE, SOLVED

A petition needs a U.S. petitioner. Most fighting-game players compete as independents — our agent-petitioner structure (through Aventus Visa Agents) is built for exactly that: independent professionals competing across many U.S. events on one itinerary.

HONEST CASE STRATEGY

We grade your record against the actual criteria before you commit. If P-1A fits now and O-1A needs another season of majors, that is exactly what you'll hear — in writing.

Signed to a team in a franchised esports league? Team-based league esports is its own visa world — salaried rosters, league calendars, team petitioners — and we run a dedicated portal for those pros too: vct.sherrodsportsvisas.com. Same practice, same honest read, built for the league-roster career.

START YOUR VISA CHECK

Free to submit. Our team reviews every inquiry personally and responds with next steps — usually within 1–2 business days. You'll get an instant email recap of what you sent.

PREFER TO TALK IT THROUGH?

Book a formal one-on-one strategy consultation — your record, your options, your realistic timeline. $500, credited toward the legal fee if you retain us.

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