Immigration Forms - USCIS, DOS & DOL

IMPORTANT: To ensure your address is updated, do not download Form AR-11 until you read this page: Change of Address Information, as you may also be required to contact the National Customer Service Center (800-375-5283).

For a nonimmigrant to apply for a new or replacement Form I-94 or I-95 Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document.

For petitioners filing on behalf of a nonimmigrant worker to come to the United States temporarily to perform services or labor, or to receive training, as an H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, L-1, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-1S, P-2, P-2S, P-3, P-3S, Q-1 or R-1 nonimmigrant worker. Petitioners may also use this form to request an extension of stay in or change of status to E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B1 or TN, or one of the above classifications for a foreign national.

To apply for a re-entry permit, refugee travel document or advance parole travel document, to include parole into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons.

Use this form to petition for an alien worker to become a permanent resident in the United States.

Certain nonimmigrants to extend their stay or change to another nonimmigrant status;
CNMI residents applying for an initial grant of status;
F and M nonimmigrants to apply for reinstatement; and,
Persons seeking V nonimmigrant status or an extension of stay as a V nonimmigrant.

Certain foreign nationals, who are eligible to work in the United States, use Form I-765 to request an employment authorization document (EAD).

Employers may use this form to request faster processing of certain employment-based petitions and applications. Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, have been designated for Premium Processing Service.

Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants, standardizes the collection of additional information, including social media usage, from immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities." If a consular officer determines that a visa applicant warrants this additional scrutiny, the applicant will be instructed to provide the following information on Form DS-5535:

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States.

Employers must submit a Labor Condition Application (LCA/ ETA Form 9035E/ 9035) to the Department of Labor attesting to compliance with the requirements of the H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 program.

The H-1B nonimmigrant workers and other workers in similar jobs will be paid the actual wage for the occupation at the place of employment, or the prevailing wage level for the occupation in that geographic area, whichever one is higher.

If the employee benefiting from the LCA is not currently working for the employer and the Administrator has not commenced an investigation.

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