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.

USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facility

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
PO Box 660921
Dallas, TX 75266

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: H4
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 20400
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: H4
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

For 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

Express mail and courier deliveries:

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

P-4 dependents of major league athletes or support personnel

USPS, express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-539
75 Lower Welden Street
St. Albans, VT 05479

Extensions of stay for T or U nonimmigrant status

USPS, express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS Vermont Service Center
Attn: Humanitarian Division
75 Lower Welden Street
St. Albans, VT 05479

V nonimmigrants

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 7219
Chicago, IL 60680-7219

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: VKL
131 South Dearborn 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

T and U nonimmigrants

USPS and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: T/U-Visa Unit
75 Lower Weldon Street
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

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
Office of Protocol
3507 International Place, NW
Suite 242
Washington, D.C. 20008

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
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017

Dependent spouse/child change of status to a NATO classification based on a principal NATO nonimmigrant

NATO/HQ SACT Legal Affairs
7857 Blandy Road
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.

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 1) 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 2) a Form I-539 filed by P-4 dependents of major league athletes or support personnel. 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
P.O. Box 660166
Dallas, TX 75266

For FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
ATTN: I-539
2501 S. State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067