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Filing Addresses for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
Filing Type | Filing Location |
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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 Form I-129 as found on our Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-129 webpage. |
H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant filing Form I-539 separately from the H-1B principal nonimmigrant or filed concurrently with Form I-765 for category (c)(26). File with the USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facility if the receipt number of your H-1B principal spouse’s most recent Form I-797 Notice of Approval for Form I-129 begins with EAC or LIN. File with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility if the receipt number of your H-1B principal spouse’s most recent Form I-797 Notice of Approval for Form I-129 begins with WAC or SRC. | USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facility For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS |
Residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) | For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS California Service Center Express mail and courier deliveries: USCIS California Service Center |
P-4 dependents of major league athletes or support personnel | USPS, express mail and courier deliveries: USCIS Vermont Service Center |
Extensions of stay for T nonimmigrant status | USPS, express mail and courier deliveries: USCIS Vermont Service Center |
U-based nonimmigrants You must include a copy of your Form I-797C Notice of Action, for approval of your U nonimmigrant status, and 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 live in: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming file at: USCIS Nebraska Service Center For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS If you live in: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, or Wisconsin, file at: USCIS Vermont Service Center USCIS |
V nonimmigrants | USCIS Chicago Lockbox For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS
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| Change of status to T nonimmigrants | USPS and courier deliveries: USCIS |
Change of status to U-based nonimmigrants You must include a copy of your Form I-797C Notice of Action, for approval of your U nonimmigrant status, and 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 live in: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming file at: USCIS Nebraska Service Center For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS If you live in: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, or West Virginia, file at: USCIS Vermont Service Center USCIS |
Change of status to A, G and NATO (for embassy, international organization, or NATO employment) | Mail Form I-539, and any other required forms, through your embassy, international organization, or NATO to: U.S. Department of State |
Change of status to G classification (for foreign government’s mission to the U.N. or U.N. Secretariat employment) | Mail 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 |
Dependent spouse/child change of status to a NATO classification based on a principal NATO nonimmigrant | NATO/HQ SACT Legal Affairs |
You or the principal NATO nonimmigrant through whom you derive your status are posted at a national component or as an exchange officer. | Your embassy for proper filing through official diplomatic channels. |
Extensions of stay for A-3, G-5, or NATO-7 nonimmigrants | Your embassy, international organization, or NATO command for proper filing through official diplomatic channels. |
All other Forms I-539, including: Change of status from A, G, or NATO classifications to another nonimmigrant classification (once an endorsed Form I-566 has been received by applicant); or, A Form I-539 filed separately from a principal’s Form I-129, with the exception of:
Please see guidance above for instructions on a Form I-539 filed separately by such H-4 spouse or P-4 dependent | USCIS Dallas Lockbox For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS |
