Star’s Visa Is Rare Win for Foreign Athletes Banking on Likeness

Hansel Enmanuel, a Dominican guard on Northwestern State University’s men’s basketball team, has yet to play his first NCAA game, but he’s already scored a work visa allowing him to sign endorsement deals in the seven figures.

Enmanuel, who was recruited by several Division-I schools despite having one arm, may be the first international college athlete to secure a temporary work visa allowing him to take advantage of new NCAA rules allowing college players to profit from name, image, and likeness (NIL).

While US-citizen athletes have entered a flood of such agreements, international students have been hampered ...