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California Service Center
An application or petition with a Receipt Notice date listed below should be processed within 30 days of this notice. If you applied after the indicated date, service center is not processing your case at this time. Example: Look at the top lines of your receipt. If you filed Form I-90, and the report says that the service center is processing cases with your Receipt Notice date, you should hear from USCIS within thirty days. Please wait thirty days after the current processing date of your case is shown above before inquiring. California Service Center has jurisdiction over the following states: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii and Nevada.
| Form | Purpose | Sub-Type | Now Processing cases with receipt notice date of: |
| I-129 | Petition for a non-immigrant worker | H-1B Specialty occupation visa to be issued abroad | 2 months |
| I-129 | Petition for a non-immigrant worker | H-2A temporary workers | 1 month |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | H-3 temporary trainees | 2 months |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | O extraordinary ability | 5/16/2010 |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | P athletes entertainment | 5/15/2010 |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | Q cultural exchange visitors | 2 months |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | E treaty traders and investors | 2 months |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | L intracompany transfers | 1 month |
| I-129 | Petition for a non-immigrant worker | L blanket L | 2 months |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | R religious occupation | 2/16/2010 |
| I-129 | Petition for a non immigrant worker | TN NAFTA | 2 months |
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NAFTAThe 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) makes temporary employment in the U.S. easier for certain Canadian and Mexican workers. NAFTA created a new classification, "TN," for eligible Canadian and Mexican Professional Workers.
