Filing Addresses for Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
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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. | 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 or U nonimmigrant status | USPS, express mail and courier deliveries: USCIS Vermont Service Center |
V nonimmigrants | USCIS Chicago Lockbox For U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS
USCIS |
T and U nonimmigrants | USPS and courier deliveries: 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 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 |