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Part 2: Mother May I? – NIL x Immigration workarounds
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This presentation will build on the discussion outlined in Module 1 and tackle the question of whether various “workarounds” proposed and implemented by NIL industry stakeholders are compliant with immigration law. Our discussion will include the following topics:
- Review of the definition of “employment” as covered in Module 1
- The role of the consular officer and the spectrum of risk involved in relying on workarounds to the F-1 rules
- Performing NIL activities outside the United States
- The concept of “passive income” and whether compliance is possible with both immigration law and the NCAA rules
- Workaround case studies – what works and what does not
Speakers:
Dan Berger, Partner, Green & Spiegel
Ksenia Maiorova, Practice Group Leader, Individual and Olympic Athletes, Green & Spiegel, LLC
Christopher Richardson, BDV Solutions