Sherrod Sports Visas is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or part of Professional Bull Riders. We are an independent law practice that helps bull riders obtain U.S. work visas to compete in Professional Bull Riders events.
FOR PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS · P-1A · O-1A · EB-1A

GET VISA-READY.
MAKE THE 8.

We help professional bull riders obtain U.S. work visas — P-1A as internationally recognized athletes, O-1A for the sport's elite — to ride a full U.S. season, including Professional Bull Riders events. More than half the riders on U.S. team rosters were born outside the United States, and every one of them needed a visa before they nodded their head. Send us your record, and we map the category that fits it before you book a flight.

START YOUR VISA CHECK BOOK A $500 CONSULT

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 BULL RIDERS

1

SUBMIT YOUR RECORD

Name, country, event wins, ranking, the season or combine 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. event calendar you plan to ride becomes the itinerary; a proper petitioner structure — a team, a tour, or an agent-petitioner — is set up so the filing stands on solid ground.

3

RIDE THE SEASON

Petition filed and, when a season or combine date is tight, premium processing gets USCIS to decide in weeks. Visa in hand — you enter, you ride, you get paid. Legally.

THE HONEST READ, BEFORE YOU SPEND A DOLLAR

Bull riding is one of the cleanest P-1A stories in sports: a sanctioned U.S. tour and team season, world rankings, televised events, real prize money — and a rider pool where international athletes, Brazilians above all, hold a huge share of the top spots. If you have real results in Brazil, Mexico, Australia or Canada and a route into U.S. competition, the P-1A is usually the realistic first category. The O-1A is a higher bar — sustained national or international acclaim, proven across multiple evidence categories — and it fits riders with world-finals-level records, not first-year prospects. Riding U.S. events on a visitor visa while collecting prize money is where careers get hurt at the border; if that's your situation, tell us honestly. And 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 rider with real international results coming to compete in U.S. events.

  • Internationally recognized riders
  • Team-season or tour calendar = the itinerary
  • Team, tour or agent-petitioner structures
  • The realistic first category for most riders
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.

  • World-finals-level, sustained records
  • Ride, 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, ride and build a U.S. future permanently
SEE THE FULL EB-1A PROCESS
Riding 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 — with published casework across our main site.

PETITIONER STRUCTURE, SOLVED

A petition needs a U.S. petitioner. Whether a team holds your contract, a tour invites you, or you compete independently, we build the petitioner structure — including the agent-petitioner route for riders without a U.S. employer.

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

BOOK THE $500 CONSULTATION