Filing Addresses for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status

If you are filing Form I-539 with a principal’s Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, (excluding CNMI residents), file at the USCIS service center with jurisdiction over their Form I-129 as found on our Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-129 page.

If you are a H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant filing Form I-539 separately from the H-1B principal nonimmigrant or filing concurrently with Form I-765 for category (c)(26).

If you are a resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), mail your form to the California Service Center.

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS California Service Center
Attn: CNMI I-539 [insert classification requested]
P.O. Box 10698
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1098

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS California Service Center
Attn: CNMI I-539 [insert classification requested]
24000 Avila Rd., 2nd Floor, Room 2312
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

If you are a P-4 dependent of a major league athlete or support personnel, mail your form to the Vermont Service Center.

USPS, FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-539
38 River Rd.
Essex Junction, VT  05479-0001

If you are a T nonimmigrant filing for an extensions of stay, mail your form to the Vermont Service Center.

USPS, FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS Vermont Service Center
Attn: Humanitarian Division
38 River Rd.
Essex Junction, VT  05479-0001

You must include a copy of your Form I-797C, Notice of Action, approving your U nonimmigrant status; a copy of your Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record; and a copy of all pages of your passport with a U nonimmigrant visa.

If you are a V nonimmigrant, mail your form to the Chicago Lockbox.

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: V & L
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: V & L (Box 7219)
131 South Dearborn, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

If you are filing for a change of status to A, G or NATO (for embassy, international organization, or NATO employment), mail your Form I-539 and any other required forms through your embassy, international organization, or NATO to:

U.S. Department of State
Office of Protocol
3507 International Place NW
Suite 242
Washington, D.C. 20008

If you are filing for a change of status to G classification (for a foreign government’s mission to the U.N. or U.N. Secretariat employment), mail your Form I-539 and any other required forms through the foreign government’s mission or the U.N. Secretariat to:

U.S. Mission to the United Nations
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017

If you are a dependent spouse/child filing for a change of status to a NATO classification based on a principal NATO nonimmigrant, mail your form to:

NATO/HQ SACT Legal Affairs
7857 Blandy Rd.
Suite 100
Norfolk, VA 23551

You or the principal NATO nonimmigrant through whom you derive your status are posted at a national component or as an exchange officer. Contact your embassy for proper filing through official diplomatic channels. 

If you are filing for an extensions of stay for A-3, G-5, or NATO-7 nonimmigrant, contact your embassy, international organization, or NATO command for proper filing through official diplomatic channels.

Use the address below for all other Form I-539 filings, including:

• Change of status from A, G, or NATO classifications to another nonimmigrant classification (once the applicant has received an endorsed Form I-566); or
• A Form I-539 filed separately from a principal’s Form I-129, with the exception of:
  • A Form I-539 filed by an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant or filed concurrently with Form I-765 for category (c)(26); or
  • A Form I-539 filed by P-4 dependents of major league athletes or support personnel.

USCIS Dallas Lockbox

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: I-539
P.O. Box 660166
Dallas, TX 75266-0166

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: I-539 (Box 660166)
2501 S. State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003

Please see the guidance above for instructions for H-4 spouses or P-4 dependents filing a Form I-539 separately.