In Washington, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states on its Form I-129 page that, starting November 9, 2026, it will accept only the new edition of Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimm
USCIS will accept the 02/27/26 edition of Form I-129 if it is postmarked or electronically submitted before November 9, 2026, and will reject the 02/27/26 edition if it is postmarked or electronically submitted on or after November 9, 2026. Form I-129 petitions postmarked or electronically submitted on or after September 9, 2026, must include the fees as required under the final rule.
The Department of Homeland Security issued the final rule on August 10, 2026, amending regulations concerning the statutory 9-11 Biometric Fee. The regulatory changes require petitioners that are covered employers to submit the 9-11 Biometric Fee for all H-1B and L-1 petitions. A petitioner is a covered employer if it employs 50 or more individuals in the United States and more than 50 percent of those employees are in H-1B or L-1A or L-1B nonimmigrant status. Petitioners use Form I-129 to file on behalf of temporary workers in classifications including H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, L-1, O-1, P, Q-1, and R-1, and to request extensions of stay or changes of status for E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B1, and TN classifications.
来源：美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）Form I-129 表格页面（联邦政府） https://www.uscis.gov/i-129
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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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