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The P2 classification applies to you if you are coming temporarily to perform as an artist or entertainer, individually or as part of a group, who will perform under a reciprocal exchange program between an organization in the United States and an organization in another country.

You must be an artist entering the United States through a government recognized reciprocal exchange program. In addition, you must possess skills comparable to those of the United States artists and entertainers taking part in the program outside the United States.

Your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 may obtain P4 status. Your dependents may not engage in employment, but may attend school or college.

Essential support personnel who are an integral part of the performance of a P-2 artist or entertainer and who perform support services that cannot be readily performed by a U.S. worker, are eligible for P2 classification. Support personnel may include stagehands, trainers, or those persons having critical knowledge of the specific services to be performed.

The U.S. employer must file a separate application for support personnel. The petition must include the following documents:

 

• Consultation from an appropriate labor organization

• Statement describing the support person’s prior and current essentially, critical skills and experience with the P2 artist or entertainer

• Copy of a written contract between the employer and the support person or a summary of the terms of the oral agreement under which the support person will be employed.