I-290B Notice of Appeal or Motion
Appeals a USCIS denial to the Administrative Appeals Office, or asks the deciding office to reopen or reconsider its own decision. It must be filed within 30 days of the decision, or 33 if the decision was mailed. Which route it takes depends on the form that was denied.
- Fee
- $800. $0 for Special Immigrant Juveniles, T and U applicants, VAWA self-petitioners, Cuban Adjustment Act and HRIFA abused spouses and children, Afghan and Iraqi special immigrants, first appeals of certain denied Afghan parole requests, and I-751 battery-or-extreme-cruelty waivers, in each case within the limits set out in the fee schedule.
- Fee waiver
- Available (Form I-912)
- Who files
- The applicant or petitioner whose case USCIS denied, or their representative.
- Where to file
- By mail to the USCIS lockbox named in the instructions; it goes first to the office that made the decision.
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- An I-130 denial does not go here - it goes to the BIA on Form EOIR-29. Missing the 30-day deadline usually means refiling the underlying application rather than appealing.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-290b. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.