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For direct mail:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services?
California Service Center?
Attn: CAP EXEMPT H-1B Processing Unit?
P.O. BOX 30040?
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-3004

For non-U.S. Postal Service deliveries (e.g., private couriers):
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services?
California Service Center?
Attn: CAP EXEMPT H-1B Processing Unit?
24000 Avila Road, Room 2312?
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

USCIS asks H-1B petitioners to mark the outside of the envelope and the top margin of the I-129 form with “EXEMPT.” The agency said this will ensure quick identification of the H-1B filing throughout the petition’s processing at the California Service Center.

If a cap exempt H-1B petition is received at a different Service Center, USCIS said, that Service Center will “expeditiously forward the petition to the CSC for processing.” In the near future, USCIS will post special filing instructions to Form I-129 requiring all qualifying H-1B cap exempt petitions to be filed at the CSC.

USCIS noted that the highest volume of H-1B filings occurs during the month of April. “This may result in longer than average receipting times or other interruptions in processing times,” USCIS warned, adding that petitioners may file a qualifying H-1B cap exempt petition at any time of the year depending on the petitioner’s need, but no earlier than six months ahead of the intended start date.

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