USCIS Service Centers Will No Longer Accept Form I|129 Petitions ...

Frequently Asked Questions on the USCIS Fee Rule

Establishes separate fees for Form I-129, Petition for a ... We will no longer include information about fees in the instructions of our forms.

USCIS Changes Locations To File Forms I-129

For example, H-1B cap exempt petitions are only accepted at the California Service Center and H-1B same employer with no change petitions are ...

Completing the I-129 Petition - Artists From Abroad

"For forms that require an original “wet” signature, per form instructions, USCIS will accept electronically reproduced original signatures". Part 1, Q.5 ...

Form I-129: Essential Petition Guide | NNU Immigration

Due to enhanced electronic scanning and data-sharing with the US Department of State, duplicate copies are no longer needed. This is designed to help avoid ...

9 FAM 402.10 (U) TEMPORARY WORKERS AND TRAINEES

(U) An employer must file a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, with USCIS to accord status as a temporary worker or trainee. Form I-129 is also ...

Sample Complaint – H-1B Backdating - American Immigration Council

... petitions, even though the actual start date could not be October 1. No statute, regulation or published instruction for Form I-129 authorizes USCIS to accept ...

How to Submit a Case Assistance Request - Homeland Security

The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) assists individuals and employers in resolving difficulties they are ...

USCIS Announces Receipt Notice Delays From Lockbox Locations

Beginning April 1, 2024, USCIS service centers stopped accepting paper-filed I-129 petitions requesting H-1B and H-1B1 classification ...

USCIS Potomac Service Center Will No Longer Accept Paper ...

13, 2023. All mailed correspondence intended for cases processed by the PSC must be mailed to the Texas Service Center (TSC), unless otherwise ...

USCIS begins requiring I-129 petitioners to file in the location of the ...

USCIS starts requiring employers to file I-129 petitions (nonimmigrant worker) in the office having jurisdiction over the state where the company's primary ...

Form I-129, Explained: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

USCIS will allow a 60-day grace period (ending December 1, 2023) for any petition postmarked to an incorrect service center. The processing time for Form I-129 ...

Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-129 - ZontLaw

Form I-129 is filed at the California Service Center (CSC), the Vermont Service Center (VSC), the Nebraska Service Center (NSC), or the Texas Service Center ( ...

Fiancé(e) of U.S. Citizen (K-1) and minor children (K-2)

The I-129F petition cannot be filed in Brazil. You can learn more here. Next, the National Visa Center (NVC) will send a letter to the U.S. citizen sponsor when ...

Processing Times for H-1B Petitions | The Office of International Affairs

During this time frame, petitioners will not be able to file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, for a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant ...

Instructions for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

This form is used by an employer to petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an alien to come as a nonimmigrant to the United States ...

immigration and naturalization service's premium processing ...

Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, is available for the. - ii ... individual service centers,' PAS does not provide a consistent.

Special H-1B Status Beyond Six Years

The alien is the beneficiary of an approved EB immigration petition and is not ... Form I-129 petition. If, on the date of filing of the H-1B petition, the ...

Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File H-1B ...

... will save USCIS in postage costs by no longer having to return unselected petitions. ... Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, but ...

Lockbox and Service Center Filing Location Updates - USCIS

ALERT: USCIS is changing filing locations for certain forms and transferring cases among offices as part of a larger initiative to centralize petition and ...

H-1B Form I-129 Filing Location Change to Lockbox

Starting April 1, 2024, H-1B and H-1B1 (HSC) Form I-129 petitions must no longer be filed at the USCIS service centers.