Sam C. Ehrlich @samcehrlich.com · Sep 19
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So Poa applied for a P-1A visa. She was denied on the basis that P-1A visaholders must be coming to to the US "solely for the purpose of [playing sports]." USCIS regulations hold that student-athletes come for education, not "solely for the purpose of [playing sports]."

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Sam C. Ehrlich · Sep 19

Poa argued that the manner by which courts are asked by USCIS to interpret "temporarily and solely" is contradictory: permitting dual roles as "student-athletes" for F-1 visas while precluding it for P-1A visas. She argued that's arbitrary and capricious under the APA.

B. David Tyler · Sep 19

Thanks for providing the background education here. I didn't know about the P-1A.