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I need to extend my stay or change my status

Answer a few questions about your situation. Your answers are used only to match the preparation paths available here.

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Section 1 of 3 · Basic eligibility

3 questions

Confirm you’re in a position where the I-539 is the right form.

Are you currently in the United States?

Excludes the application if “No”

Are you asking to extend your stay in your current status, or to change to a different nonimmigrant status?

Reinstatement to student status is not supported.

Are you the only person included in this application?

Families filing together, with a spouse or children on the same application, are not supported yet.

Excludes the application if “No”

Section 2 of 3 · Current status

2 questions

Your current status determines which change-of-status paths are available.

Does your most recent Form I-94 show a date your authorized stay ends?

On a Form I-94 printed from www.cbp.gov/i94 this is the “Admit Until Date”. If it shows “D/S” (duration of status) instead of a date, incola cannot prepare this application yet.

Excludes the application if “No”

Which of these is your current status?

Select the code printed on your Form I-94. If it is not listed, incola cannot prepare this application yet.

Section 3 of 3 · Exclusions and acknowledgments

7 questions

These questions decide whether incola can prepare the I-539 for your situation.

Is this application based on a separate petition or application to provide your spouse, child, or parent an extension or change of status?

An application filed together with another person’s application or petition is not supported, because incola does not prepare the other filing.

Are you now in removal proceedings?

Excludes the application if “Yes”

Since you last entered the United States, have you been arrested or convicted of any criminal offense? Or have you ever violated the terms of the nonimmigrant status you now hold?

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Would you answer “Yes” to any of Form I-539’s questions in Part 4, Items 7.a to 11?

Those questions ask about acts involving torture or genocide, killing or severely injuring a person, sexual contact without consent, or limiting religious freedom; serving in or helping an armed group; working in a place that detained people; and selling, transporting or training with weapons.

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Are you currently, or have you ever been, a J-1 exchange visitor or a J-2 dependent of a J-1 exchange visitor?

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Can you read and understand English and review this application yourself?

incola does not support applications that need an interpreter or someone to read them to you.

Excludes the application if “No”

Are you preparing this application yourself?

incola does not support applications that a family member, friend, attorney or other preparer is completing for you.

Excludes the application if “No”

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