Instructions For Petition For Qualifying Family Member Of A U-1 Nonimmigrant (Form I-929) (Page 4 of 5) in pdf

Where Should You File This Form?

USCIS Forms and Information

Mail your complete petition package to the following address:

To ensure you are using the latest version of this form, visit

the USCIS website at

where you can obtain

USCIS

the latest USCIS forms and immigration-related information.

Vermont Service Center

If you do not have internet access, you may order USCIS

75 Lower Welden Street

forms by calling our toll-free number at 1-800-870-3676. You

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

may also obtain forms and information by telephoning our

USCIS National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) call: 1-800-767-1833.

What Is the Filing Fee?

As an alternative to waiting in line for assistance at your local

The filing fee for Form I-929 is $230.

USCIS office, you can now schedule an appointment through

the USCIS Internet-based system, InfoPass. To access the

NOTE: The filing fee is not refundable, regardless of any

system, visit the USCIS website. Use the InfoPass

action USCIS takes on this petition. DO NOT MAIL

appointment scheduler and follow the screen prompts to set up

CASH. You must submit all fees in the exact amounts.

your appointment. InfoPass generates an electronic

Use the following guidelines when you prepare your check

appointment notice that appears on the screen.

or money order for filing the fee:

1. The check or money order must be drawn on a bank or

Penalties

other financial institution located in the United States and

must be payable in U.S. currency; and

If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material

2. Make the check or money order payable to U.S.

fact or submit a false document with your Form I-929, we will

Department of Homeland Security.

deny your Form I-929 and may deny any other immigration

benefit. In addition, you will face severe penalties provided

NOTE: Please spell out U.S. Department of Homeland

by law and may be subject to criminal prosecution.

Security; do not use the initials "USDHS" or "DHS."

Notice to Those Making Payment by Check. If you send us

a check, it will be converted into an electronic funds transfer

USCIS Privacy Act Statement

(EFT). This means we will copy your check and use the

AUTHORITIES: The authority to collect information in

account information on it to electronically debit your account

this petition is set forth in the Immigration and Nationality

for the amount of the check. The debit from your account will

Act, 8 U.S.C. sections 1103, 1184, 1255, and in the

usually take 24 hours and your bank will show it on your

implementing regulations found in 8 CFR.

regular account statement.

You will not receive your original check back. We will destroy

PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing the requested

your original check, but will keep a copy of it. If USCIS cannot

information on this petition is to determine if you have

process the EFT for technical reasons, you authorize us to

established eligibility for the immigration benefit for which

process the copy in place of your original check. If your check

you are filing. DHS will use the information you provide to

is returned as unpayable, USCIS will re-submit the payment to

grant or deny the benefit sought. The information collected

the financial institution one time. If the check is returned as

within the Form I-929 is used to assist the DHS in enforcing

unpayable a second time, we will reject your petition and charge

the immigration laws of the United States by providing timely

you a returned check fee.

and accurate information about persons who are subject to

How to Check If the Fees Are Correct

those laws. With the passage of the Victims of Trafficking

and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered

Form I-929's filing fee is current as of the edition date in the

Immigrant Women's Protection Act) in October 2000,

lower right corner of this page. However, because USCIS fees

Congress created U nonimmigrant status and provided for the

change periodically, you can verify that the fees are correct by

adjustment of status of U nonimmigrants, as well the

following one of the steps below.

adjustment of status or issuance of an immigrant visa to

certain family members of U nonimmigrants. The legislation

1. Visit our website at , select "FORMS," and

was intended to strengthen the ability of law enforcement

check the appropriate fee; or

agencies to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic

2. Call the USCIS National Customer Service Center at

violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes

1-800-375-5283 and ask for fee information. For TTY

while, at the same time, offer protection to victims of such

(deaf or hard of hearing) call: 1-800-767-1833.

crimes. The legislation also helps law enforcement agencies

to better serve victims of crimes.

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