Sherrod Sports Visas is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or part of PPA Tour. We are an independent law practice that helps pickleball players obtain U.S. work visas to compete in PPA Tour events.
FOR PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL PLAYERS · P-1A · O-1A

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We help professional pickleball players obtain U.S. work visas — P-1A as internationally recognized athletes, O-1A for the game's elite — to play a full American tour season, including PPA Tour events. Pro pickleball's calendar runs through the United States, roughly twenty tour stops a season coast to coast, and the international field chasing them is growing every year. A season of U.S. stops is exactly what a visa itinerary is made of. Send us your results, and we map the category that fits your record before you book a 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 PICKLEBALL PROS

1

SUBMIT YOUR RESULTS

Name, country, tour results, rankings, the stops 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 or O-1A — based on your record, not guesswork. The U.S. tour stops you plan to play become the itinerary; a proper petitioner structure — a tour, a sponsor, or an agent-petitioner — is set up so the filing stands on solid ground.

3

PLAY THE SEASON

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

THE HONEST READ, BEFORE YOU SPEND A DOLLAR

Straight talk about a young sport: pickleball's professional era is new, and that cuts both ways in a visa file. What works FOR you — a real U.S. tour with contracted pros, national rankings, televised finals, prize money and international events feeding players into American stops: exactly the evidence language USCIS reads. What works AGAINST you — "internationally recognized" must be documented, not assumed, and a new sport means thinner archives: fewer rankings snapshots, less press, shorter track records. A player with tour results, national titles or international medals usually has a real P-1A case. The O-1A is a higher bar — sustained acclaim across multiple evidence categories — and in a sport this young it fits only the handful at the very top. 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 real international results coming to compete on the U.S. circuit.

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

O-1A EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY

$8,000 service fee

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

  • The handful at the very top of the game
  • Play, coach, teach clinics, 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
Playing U.S. tournaments on a visitor visa? B-1/B-2 rules around competing for prize money are narrow, technical and unforgiving — a denied entry at the airport can cost you a season 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 racquet and paddle sports among many others — with published casework on our main site.

PETITIONER STRUCTURE, SOLVED

A petition needs a U.S. petitioner. Touring pros rarely have a U.S. employer — our agent-petitioner structure (through Aventus Visa Agents) is built for exactly that: independent professionals competing across multiple U.S. events.

HONEST CASE STRATEGY

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

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 results, your options, your realistic timeline. $500, credited toward the legal fee if you retain us.

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