For close to 20 years, this Office has been processing P-3 (culturally unique artists and entertainers) visas for the Cleveland Aradhana Festival and for several cultural organizations around the U.S. We were specifically asked to assist a small dance school sponsor a Bharathanatyam teacher to assist with certain Arangetrams planned for the Summer. We were able to work very closely with the leadership of the nonprofit organization (requiring a lot of hand holding) in organizing the paperwork required to process the P-3 petition. What made this exercise unique was the fact that the Dance school had no employees and single volunteer. More importantly, the teacher was a little known performer from a small village in the South of India. The petition was premium processed and approved in two weeks!
