#               EOIR-29, Notice of Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals from a Decision of a DHS Officer

Use this form to appeal a USCIS decision on a Form I-130 or Form I-360 Widow(er).Note: An attorney or an accredited representative of an organization recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals must file a separate notice of appearance on behalf of the petitioner (Form EOIR-27) with EOIR-29.

Do **not** use this form to appeal a Department of State overseas consular officer's denial of your visa application (for example, DS-157, DS-230, or DS-260). For information about visa application denials, please reference the Department of State website.

## Forms and Document Downloads

Form EOIR-29  (PDF, 393.32 KB)

## Form Details

07/01/19. We will still accept the following editions: March 2018, July 2015, January 2015, October 2013, October 2012, and April 2009 editions.

Dates are listed in mm/dd/yy format.

If you complete and print this form to mail it, make sure that the form edition date and page numbers are visible at the bottom of all pages and that all pages are from the same form edition. If any of the form’s pages are missing or are from a different form edition, we may reject your form.

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Follow the instructions in the decision letter from USCIS.

You can find the filing fee for Form EOIR-29 by visiting our Fee Schedule page.  

You can pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check or pay by credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

**When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request.** If you pay by credit card or debit card, you cannot later dispute the payment. Use our Fee Calculator to help determine your fee.

If you are submitting multiple forms, pay each filing fee separately. We are transitioning to electronically processing immigration benefit requests, which requires us to use multiple systems to process your package. We may reject your entire package if you submit a single, combined payment for multiple forms.

**If you file at a field office:** You cannot pay fees with a money order or cashier’s check when filing at a field office. You can only pay with a personal check, debit card, credit card, or a reloadable prepaid credit/debit card.

**Filing Tips:** Review our Tips for Filing Forms by Mail page for information on how to ensure we will accept your form.

**Don’t forget to sign your form.**We will reject any unsigned form.

**E-Notification:** If you want to receive an e-mail and/or a text message that we have accepted your form at a USCIS lockbox, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and clip it to the first page of your form. 

To ensure your form is accepted, make sure you include a copy of the denial letter you received from USCIS.

04/01/2024

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