Beginning Nov. 1, 2023, H-2A employers and agents will be required to file Form I-129 petitions (petition for nonimmigrant visas) with the Texas Service Center (TSC). Previously, H-2A Form I-129 petitions were filed at the California Service Center (CSC) in Laguna Niguel, located in Orange County, California.

In addition to H-2A petitions, H-2B-related Form I-129 petitions as well as several other immigration-related petitions will be processed at the TSC going forward..

To allow the public time to transition to filing at the TSC, there will be a 60-day grace period for forms filed at the CSC during which misdirected forms will not be rejected. After the 60-day grace period, on and after Jan. 1, 2024, USCIS will reject H-2A-related Form I-129 petitions that are filed at the CSC.

For well over a decade, Western Growers H-2A Services has enjoyed being near the CSC, allowing same-day delivery of petitions via courier, shaving at least one day off the filing process. Going forward, petitions will be required to be transmitted via UPS next day air.  The new address for UPS, FedEx and DHL deliveries is:

USCIS Texas Service Center
Attn: I-129 H2A
6046 N Belt Line Rd. STE 117
Irving, TX 75038-0001

Click here to review the USCIS alert about the filing location change.