What Qualifies as an Event for O-1 Visa purposes?

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For O-1 immigration law purposes, an event is defined as an activity such as, but not limited to, a scientific project, conference, convention, lecture series, tour, exhibit, business project, academic year, or engagement. Such activity may include short vacations, promotional appearances, and stopovers which are incidental and or related to the event. A group of related activities may also be considered to be an event. In the case of an O-1 athlete, the event could be the alien's contract. 8 C.F.R. 5 214.2(0)(3)(ii).