Fillable Form I-539

What is Form I-539?

Form I-539 is a form issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. It is otherwise known as the Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. This form is used by people currently in the United States in a non-immigrant status to change the classification for their status and/or extend their stay with their current status.

Can I fill out Form I-539?

If you are a foreigner currently in the United States with a non-immigrant status that would like to change the classification of your status and/or extend your stay with your current status, then you are eligible to fill out Form I-539.

What do I need to fill out Form I-539?

To completely fill out this form, you will need to provide information regarding yourself.

You will need your full legal name, which is composed of your family name or last name, your given name or first name, and then your middle name. You will also have to provide your Alien registration number (A-number) and your USCIS online account number if you have either.

You will also be needing details regarding your mailing address in the United States. You will have to put who you are in care of if there is someone taking care of your mail, your street name and number, apartment, suit, or floor number, and the corresponding city or town, state, and ZIP code.

You also need to put similar details for your physical address in the United States. You’ll need to provide the street name and number, apartment, suite, or floor number, and the corresponding city or town, state, and ZIP code.

You will also need additional information about you. Specifically, you will have to provide your country of birth, country of citizenship or nationality, date of birth, U.S. social security number if you have one, the date of last arrival in the U.S., your Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record Number, and your passport number.

You will also be needing your travel document number, country of passport or travel document issuance, your passport or travel document expiration date, your current non-immigration status (e.g. F-1 student, H-4 dependent, etc.), the corresponding expiration date, and whether or not you were granted duration of status.

You will also be asked to provide additional information about yourself. This includes your current passport information (if different from what was previously indicated), country of passport issuance, and passport expiration date.

You will also need your physical address abroad with the appropriate details such as the street name and number, apartment, suite, or floor number, corresponding city or town, province, country, and postal code.

You will also be needing your daytime telephone number, your mobile phone number, and email address if you have any of these.

To verify all this information, you will have to affix your signature and the date of signature.

If you have an interpreter or preparer, you must supply their information as well.

You will need their full legal name, mailing address details, home telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers (if any), email addresses (if any), certification (for the interpreter), respective signatures and dates of signature.

How do I fill out Form I-539?

We will be guiding you through the process of filling out Form I-539 by giving you a step-by-step tutorial on how to properly fill out the form.

Before attempting to answer the form, read through the instructions carefully and identify exactly what information you would need to fill out the form. For your convenience, we have listed all the information that you may need to fill out this form in the previous section.

Ensure that all information that you are about to place in this form is completely truthful and accurate. This is a government-issued document and thus it should be treated with the utmost level of care and attention.

Information About You
In this section, you will be asked to provide information about yourself.

First, write down your full legal name. This is composed of your family name, or your last name, your given name, or your first name, and your middle name.

Next, if applicable, write down your Alien registration number (A-number), and your USCIS Online Account Number.

Following this, write down your U.S. mailing address details. If your mail is in care of another person, write down their name in the appropriate box. Then, write down your street number and name, the apartment, suite, or floor number, as well as the corresponding city or town, state, and ZIP code.

You must then write down information regarding your U.S. physical address or residential address. You will have to write down your street number and name, the apartment, suite, or floor number, as well as the corresponding city or town, state, and ZIP code.

You must then write down your country of birth, country of citizenship or nationality, date of birth in the mm/dd/yyyy format, U.S. social security number if you have one, date of last arrival in the U.S. in the mm/dd/yyyy format.

You’ll also be asked to provide your Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record Number, and your passport number, travel document number, country of passport or travel document issuance, passport of travel document expiration date in the mm/dd/yyyy format, current nonimmigrant status (e.g. F-1 student, H-4 dependent, etc., expiration date, and if you were granted duration of status.

Application Type
This section will ask for information regarding your application.

You will first be asked what you are applying for. Reinstatement to student status, extension of stay in current status, or change of status. Mark the box corresponding to your reason.

Note that if you marked “A change of status” you will be asked to provide the new status and effective date of change.

Next, indicate the number of people included in this application. If you are the only applicant or if members of your family are filling the application with you, then select the corresponding box. Then you must indicate the total number of people in the application, which includes yourself.

Processing Information
This section will ask for information regarding the processing of your application.

First, write down until what date you would want your requested status to be extended in the mm/dd/yyyy format.

You will then be asked if this application is based on an extension or change of status already granted to your spouse, child, or parent. Indicate your answer by marking the appropriate “Yes or No” box.

If you answered “Yes” to the previous question, provide the USCIS Receipt Number.

Afterward, you will be asked if this application is based on a separate petition or application to provide your spouse, child, or parent an extension or change of status. You will be given three options. Mark the one that corresponds to your answer.:

• Yes, filed with this Form I-539
• Yes, filed previously and pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
  • If you select this, write down the USCIS Receipt Number
  • You will also be asked to provide the first and last names of the petitioner or applicant, and the date filed
• No

Additional Information About the Applicant
In this section, you will be asked to provide additional information about yourself.

First, provide the required information regarding your passport. This means writing down your passport number, country of passport issuance, and passport expiration date in the mm/dd/yyyy format.

Next, provide the required information regarding your physical address abroad. This includes your street name and number, apartment, suite, or floor number, corresponding city or town, province, postal code, and country.

You will then be asked a series of “Yes or No” questions. Answer these questions by marking the appropriate box. These are:

• Are you, or any other person included on the application, an applicant for an immigrant visa?
• Has an immigrant petition ever been filed for you or for any other person included in this application?
• Has form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, ever been filed by you or another person included in this application?
• Have you, or any other person included in this application, ever been arrested or convicted of any criminal offense since last entering the United States?
• Have you, or any other person included in this application ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in any of the following:
  • Acts involving torture or genocide?
  • Killing any person?
  • Intentionally and severely injuring any person?
  • Engaging in any kind of sexual relations with any person who did not consent or was unable to consent, or was being forced or threatened?
• Have you, or any other person included on the application, ever:
  • Served in, been a member of, assisted, or participated in any military unit, paramilitary unit, police unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerilla group, militia, insurgent organization, or any other armed group?
  • Worked, volunteered, or otherwise served in any prison, jail, prison camp, detention facility, labor camp, or any other situation that involved detaining persons?
• Have you ever, or any other person included in this application, ever been a member of, assisted, or participated in any group, unit, or organization of any kind in which you or other persons used any type of weapon against any person or threatened to do so?
• Have you, or any other person included in this application, ever assisted or participated in selling, providing, or transporting weapons to any person who, to your knowledge, used them against another person?
• Have you, or any other person included in this application, ever received any type of military, paramilitary, or weapons training?
• Have you, or any other person included in this application, done anything that violated the terms of the nonimmigrant status you now hold?
• Are you, or any other person included in this application, now in removal proceedings?
  • If you answered “Yes” to this question, have you, or any other person included in this application, been employed in the United States since last admitted or granted an extension or change of status?
    • If you answered “Yes” to the previous question, fully describe the employment in the Additional Information section. Include the name of the person employed, name and address of the employer, weekly income, and whether the employment was specifically authorized by USCIS.
    • If you answered “No” to the previous question, fully describe how you are supporting yourself in the Additional Information section. Include documentary evidence of the source, amount, and basis for any income.
• Are you, or any other person included in this application, currently or have been a J-1 exchange visitor or a J-2 dependent of a J-1 exchange visitor?
  • If you answered “Yes” to this question, you must provide the dates you maintained status as a J-1 exchange visitor or J-2 dependent in the Additional Information section.

Applicant’s Statement, Contact Information, Declaration, Certification, and Signature
In this section, you must provide your statement, contact information, and certification of all previously written information.

First, you will be asked to mark the applicable box regarding your ability to comprehend everything in this form. If you can read, and understand English, and have read and understand every question and instruction on this application, select the first box.

If you require an interpreter, write down the language to which he or she interpreted this form for you.

If you require a preparer, name them in the space provided.

Next, provide your contact information. Namely, you must write down your daytime telephone number, and your mobile phone number and email address if you have them.

To finalize all information you’ve placed previously, affix your signature and the corresponding date of signature.

Interpreter’s Contact Information, Statement, Certification, and Signature
In this section of the form, you will be providing your interpreter’s required details.

You must first write down your interpreter’s full legal name. This is divided into his or her family name, given name, and business or organization name.

Following that, write down the interpreter’s mailing address details, specifically his or her street name and number, apartment, suite, or floor number, city or town, state, ZIP code, province, postal code, and country.

Then, write down his or her contact information, namely the interpreter’s daytime phone number as well as his or her mobile phone number and email address if applicable.

Follow this by writing down your interpreter’s certification language.

To finalize all information related to your interpreter, the form requires his or her signature as well as the corresponding date of signature.

Contact Information, Declaration, Signature of the Person Preparing this Application, if Other Than the Applicant
In this section of the form, you will be providing the required information of the person preparing this application.

First, you must write down the preparer’s full legal name. Write down his or her last name, first name, and business or organization’s name in the corresponding boxes.

Following that, write down the preparer’s mailing address details, specifically his or her street name and number, apartment, suite, or floor number, city or town, state, ZIP code, province, postal code, and country.

Then, write down the preparer’s contact information, namely his or her’s daytime phone number as well as his or her mobile phone number and email address if applicable.

The preparer must then issue a statement regarding his or her representation of you. They must indicate whether or not they are your attorney or accredited representative and if his or her representation extends beyond the preparation of this application. He or she must mark the appropriate box.

To finalize in the information regarding the preparer, he or she must affix his or her signature and corresponding date of signature.

Additional Information
In this section, you may write down any additional information that you would want to or have been asked to provide.

When you have completed every section of this form without leaving anything required blank, congratulations, you have successfully completed Form I-539.