COVID-19 UPDATE:
Please note that due to staff transition and staff teleworking, Dance/USA is only accepting requests for peer consultations via email. Please email your petition to: visas@danceusa.org. Dance/USA requires at least a week's notice to turn around a letter during this time.
For timely updates on changes to immigration procedures, please visit Artists From Abroad.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Dance/USA can provide peer consultation letters to U.S.-based agents and organizations petitioning to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for O and P visa status on behalf of a foreign artist. Peer consultation letters are optional support material for visa petitions, offering valuable support for foreign artists. Dance/USA's peer consultation letter does not serve as a substitute for the required letter from a labor union.
Dance/USA offers peer consultation letters as a free benefit to our members when the member is serving as the petitioner or beneficiary. Non-members will be charged $150 per letter.
To request a Peer Consultation Letter from Dance/USA, please submit the USCIS petition which should include:
Dance/USA generally requires a week's notice to provide a letter. Please email copies of materials to: visas@danceusa.org.
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