We help professional poker players obtain U.S. work visas — P-1A as internationally recognized players, O-1A for extraordinary records — to play major U.S. tournament series, including World Poker Tour events. A tourist visa was never built for a professional career at the tables. Submit your results, and we map the category that actually fits your record before you book a flight.
START YOUR VISA CHECK BOOK A $500 CONSULTA U.S. sports-immigration practice — more than a decade of P-1, O-1 and EB-1A casework for world-class competitors.
Name, country, titles, target series. Two minutes. Your inquiry goes straight to our legal team, and you get a written recap by email.
P-1A, O-1A or EB-1A — based on your record, not guesswork. The U.S. tournament calendar you plan to play becomes the itinerary; a proper petitioner or agent-petitioner structure is set up so the filing stands on solid ground.
Petition filed and, when the calendar is tight, premium processing gets USCIS to decide in weeks. Visa in hand — you register, you sit, you play. Legally.
USCIS itself has said a professional poker player may qualify as a P-1A internationally recognized athlete — that is the realistic first category for most accomplished pros: it turns on your international recognition and the reputation of the events you're coming to play. The O-1A is a higher bar — sustained acclaim across multiple evidence categories — and most players' files need building before it's ready. Open-entry, buy-in fields are a real question officers ask about; we address it head-on in the petition rather than hope nobody notices. And premium processing exists when a series date is close. If your record isn't there yet, we tell you that too — that's what the visa check is for.
For the accomplished player coming to compete in major U.S. series.
For the top of the game — when the record is deep enough to prove it.
The end game: the extraordinary-ability green card.
Proof, not promises — our practice in one paragraph.
More than a decade of P-1A, O-1A and EB-1A petitions for world-class competitors — champions, Olympic medalists and internationally ranked professionals — with published casework across our main site.
A petition needs a U.S. petitioner. Poker pros rarely have an employer — our agent-petitioner structure (through Aventus Visa Agents) is built for exactly that: independent professionals competing across multiple U.S. events.
We grade your record against the actual criteria before you commit. If P-1A fits now and O-1A needs two more years of results, that is exactly what you'll hear — in writing.
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.
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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