撤回H1b申请：写给 USCIS 的信件模板

发表于 2026-10-09

最后修改 2026-10-09

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雇主撤回 H1b 申请（I-129）没有表格，要写一封信，签名后寄给审理或批准这份申请的 USCIS 服务中心。本文按三种情况给出英文模板。撤回之后员工的身份、Cap-Gap 和 OPT 会怎么变，见如何撤回H1b申请。

只想把境内激活改成境外激活、申请继续审理的，不要用本文的模板，用境内激活改境外激活的信件模板。

撤回不能收回

撤回一经提交就不能再收回（"a withdrawal may not be retracted"，8 CFR 103.2(b)(6)）。已批准的申请，雇主的书面撤回会让批准立即自动撤销（8 CFR 214.2(h)(11)(ii)）。寄信之前先确认员工的身份接下来怎么办。

步骤

1. 查案件状态，选模板。 用收据号在 Case Status Online 查，或者看最近一份 USCIS 通知，按下一节的表选模板。
2. 填模板。 方括号里的内容换成真实信息，和 I-129 上写的一致。标着可选、用不上的句子整句删掉。
3. 由雇主有权签字的人手写签名。 打印出来签，见谁签名。
4. 附上最近一份 USCIS 通知的复印件，全部页。 在审的附收据通知（I-797C），已批准的附批准通知（I-797A 或 I-797B）。
5. 用能追踪的方式寄到通知上的服务中心地址。 见寄到哪里。
6. 留底，等确认。 签好的信、附件、运单号和签收记录一起存档。USCIS 的确认到了以后交给员工，见寄出之后。

选哪个模板

案件状态	用哪个模板	依据
已递交，USCIS 还没作出决定	模板一：申请还在审	8 CFR 103.2(b)(6)
已批准，员工还没凭它取得 H1b 身份：境内激活还没到生效日，或境外激活还没持这份批准入境	模板二：已批准，还没激活	103.2(b)(6)、8 CFR 214.2(h)(8)(ii)(B)
已激活，员工不再受雇	模板三：员工已离职	8 CFR 214.2(h)(11)(i)(A)、(h)(11)(ii)

103.2(b)(6) 给撤回划的时限是：在审的，到 USCIS 作出决定为止；已批准的，到员工凭这份申请入境或获批转换身份为止（"at any time until a decision is issued by USCIS or, in the case of an approved petition, until the person is admitted or granted adjustment or change of status, based on the petition"）。过了这个时间点，就是员工已经激活的情况，用模板三。

谁签名

雇主（petitioner）有权代表公司签字的人，通常就是在 I-129 上签名的那个人。

• 员工不能自己写。 撤回只能由提交申请的一方提出（103.2(b)(6)），I-129 的申请方是雇主。
• 谁算有权签字。 政策手册列举的包括：能代表公司对外承担义务的高管（例如 CEO、总裁、副总裁），LLC 或 LLP 的管理成员，公司自己雇用的律师，以及经授权的人事部门员工（USCIS Policy Manual 第 1 卷 B 部分第 2 章）。
• 外部律师不能代签。 同一章写明，律师、代理人、代填人一般不能替申请人签名。有律师代理（递交过 G-28）的，律师可以准备和寄送这封信，签名仍由雇主签。
• 签名要手写。 打字的名字、印章不被接受；手写签名后扫描、复印的可以。为什么不能走线上、不能用 DocuSign，见境内激活改境外激活的信件模板。

寄到哪里

• 寄给通知上写的服务中心。 在审的，寄给正在审理的服务中心，地址看收据通知；收到过转移通知（transfer notice）的，寄到转移后的服务中心，并附上转移通知的复印件。已批准的，法规写的是寄给批准这份申请的服务中心（214.2(h)(11)(i)(A)："the director who approved the petition"；214.2(h)(8)(ii)(B)："the Service Center Director who approved the petition"），地址看批准通知。
• 不要寄到当初递交 I-129 的地址。 纸质 I-129 现在都寄到 USCIS 的 lockbox 递交（"All Forms I-129 ... are filed at a USCIS lockbox facility"，Form I-129 Addresses，2026-10-07 更新），那是收件地址，案件已经转到服务中心审理。
• 用能追踪、有签收记录的方式寄。 USPS Certified Mail 加 Return Receipt，或者 FedEx、UPS。地址是 P.O. Box 的只能用 USPS。
• 赶时间的另外打电话或发邮件告知。 境内激活要在生效日之前送到，用隔夜快递。申请了加急（I-907）的，可以用 I-907 收据通知上的服务中心电话和邮箱告知信已寄出。USCIS Contact Center（2026-04-20 更新）把「撤回申请的请求」列为一线客服能处理的事项，电话 800-375-5283。但法规要求的是书面撤回，电话和邮件不能代替这封信。

信件模板

模板依据

USCIS 没有发布撤回 I-129 的官方模板。下面三封信各对应一条法规，信里写出条款号，让审理人员一眼看出这是哪一种请求。

要填的内容

位置	填什么	去哪找
信头	雇主名称、地址、电话、邮箱	I-129 第 1 部分
收件方	服务中心名称和地址	最近一份 USCIS 通知
Receipt Number	要撤回的那份 I-129 的收据号	收据通知或批准通知
Beneficiary	姓名、出生日期、出生国，和 I-129 上一致	I-129 第 3 部分
批准日期、有效期（模板二、三）	批准日期，有效期起止日	批准通知（I-797A / I-797B）
最后工作日（模板三）	员工在本公司的最后一个工作日	雇主记录
签名人	姓名、职位，手写签名	雇主
cc	律师姓名和律所；没有律师代理的删掉	G-28

信头、收件方和 Re 栏三个模板相同，只有标题和正文不同。

模板一：申请还在审

[Petitioner Company Name]
[Street Address]
[City, State ZIP Code]
[Phone] | [Email]

[Month DD, YYYY]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[Service Center name as shown on the most recent USCIS notice]
[Mailing address as shown on the most recent USCIS notice]

Re:  Request to Withdraw Pending Petition
     Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (H-1B)
     Receipt Number: [Receipt Number]
     Petitioner: [Petitioner Company Name]
     Beneficiary: [FAMILY NAME, Given Name(s)]
     Beneficiary Date of Birth: [MM/DD/YYYY]
     Beneficiary Country of Birth: [Country]

Dear Officer:

[Petitioner Company Name] (the "Petitioner") filed the above-referenced
Form I-129 on behalf of [Beneficiary Full Name] (the "Beneficiary"). The
petition is pending.

Pursuant to 8 CFR 103.2(b)(6), the Petitioner hereby withdraws the
petition in its entirety, including any request for change of status or
extension of stay, and requests that USCIS take no further action on it.
The Petitioner understands that this withdrawal may not be retracted.

Please send written acknowledgment of this withdrawal to the Petitioner
at the address above. Please direct any questions regarding this request
to [Signatory Full Name] at [Phone] or [Email].

Sincerely,


______________________________
[Signatory Full Name]
[Title]
[Petitioner Company Name]

Enclosure: Copy of Form I-797C, Notice of Action (Receipt Notice), all pages
cc: [Attorney Name], [Law Firm]

「including any request for change of status or extension of stay」写明连同身份转换请求一起撤回，避免被理解成只撤回其中一部分。

模板二：已批准，还没激活

[Letterhead, date, and USCIS address as in Template 1]

Re:  Withdrawal of Approved Petition
     Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (H-1B)
     Receipt Number: [Receipt Number]
     Petitioner: [Petitioner Company Name]
     Beneficiary: [FAMILY NAME, Given Name(s)]
     Beneficiary Date of Birth: [MM/DD/YYYY]
     Beneficiary Country of Birth: [Country]

Dear Officer:

[Petitioner Company Name] (the "Petitioner") filed the above-referenced
Form I-129 on behalf of [Beneficiary Full Name] (the "Beneficiary"). USCIS
approved the petition on [Month DD, YYYY], with a validity period from
[Month DD, YYYY] to [Month DD, YYYY].

[Change of status: USCIS approved the requested change of status to H-1B,
effective [Month DD, YYYY]. That date has not yet arrived, and the
Beneficiary has not obtained H-1B status based on this petition.]

[Consular notification: The Beneficiary has not been admitted to the
United States in H-1B status based on this petition.]

Pursuant to 8 CFR 103.2(b)(6), the Petitioner hereby withdraws the
petition. The Petitioner understands that this withdrawal may not be
retracted and that the approval of the petition is revoked under
8 CFR 214.2(h)(11)(ii).

[Change of status: The Petitioner respectfully requests that USCIS process
this withdrawal before [Month DD, YYYY] so that the Beneficiary's status is
not changed to H-1B.]

[Cap-subject petition: Pursuant to 8 CFR 214.2(h)(8)(ii)(B), the Petitioner
notifies USCIS that the H-1B cap number allocated to this petition has not
been used.]

Please send written acknowledgment of this withdrawal to the Petitioner
at the address above. Please direct any questions regarding this request
to [Signatory Full Name] at [Phone] or [Email].

Sincerely,


______________________________
[Signatory Full Name]
[Title]
[Petitioner Company Name]

Enclosure: Copy of Form I-797[A/B], Notice of Action (Approval Notice), all pages
cc: [Attorney Name], [Law Firm]

• Change of status 和 Consular notification 两段二选一。 批准通知是带 I-94 的 I-797A 的，属于境内激活，保留 Change of status 的两段，日期填 I-797A 上的生效日；是 I-797B 的，属于境外激活，保留 Consular notification 那段。两种通知的区别见 I-797文件。
• Cap-subject petition 那段只给抽签中签的那份申请用。 214.2(h)(8)(ii)(B) 要求雇主通知服务中心名额没有使用，USCIS 在相应财年把名额算回去。延期、修改、Transfer 申请不占名额，删掉这段。
• 员工打算凭这份批准换雇主的，先别寄。 撤回的时间要先和新雇主的律师确认，见已批准，还没激活。

模板三：员工已离职

[Letterhead, date, and USCIS address as in Template 1]

Re:  Notice That Beneficiary Is No Longer Employed;
     Withdrawal of Approved Petition
     Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (H-1B)
     Receipt Number: [Receipt Number]
     Petitioner: [Petitioner Company Name]
     Beneficiary: [FAMILY NAME, Given Name(s)]
     Beneficiary Date of Birth: [MM/DD/YYYY]
     Beneficiary Country of Birth: [Country]

Dear Officer:

[Petitioner Company Name] (the "Petitioner") filed the above-referenced
Form I-129 on behalf of [Beneficiary Full Name] (the "Beneficiary"). USCIS
approved the petition on [Month DD, YYYY], with a validity period from
[Month DD, YYYY] to [Month DD, YYYY].

Pursuant to 8 CFR 214.2(h)(11)(i)(A), the Petitioner notifies USCIS that it
no longer employs the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary's last day of employment
with the Petitioner was [Month DD, YYYY]. [The Beneficiary resigned
voluntarily. / The Petitioner terminated the Beneficiary's employment.]

The Petitioner hereby withdraws the petition and requests that USCIS revoke
its approval under 8 CFR 214.2(h)(11)(ii).

[If the Petitioner terminated the employment: On [Month DD, YYYY], the
Petitioner offered in writing to pay the reasonable cost of the
Beneficiary's return transportation to the Beneficiary's last place of
foreign residence, as provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(E).]

Please send written acknowledgment of this withdrawal to the Petitioner
at the address above. Please direct any questions regarding this request
to [Signatory Full Name] at [Phone] or [Email].

Sincerely,


______________________________
[Signatory Full Name]
[Title]
[Petitioner Company Name]

Enclosure: Copy of Form I-797[A/B], Notice of Action (Approval Notice), all pages
           [Copy of the written offer of return transportation]
cc: [Attorney Name], [Law Firm]

• 员工离职后就寄。 214.2(h)(11)(i)(A) 要求雇主对可能影响资格的雇佣变化「立即」通知 USCIS（"shall immediately notify"），不再雇用员工的要写信说明。USCIS 收到雇主关于员工不再受雇的通知，H1b 批准立即自动撤销（(h)(11)(ii)："upon notification from the H-1B petitioner that the beneficiary is no longer employed"）。
• 离职原因二选一。 员工主动辞职的写 resigned voluntarily；雇主辞退的写 terminated。
• 雇主辞退的，保留回程交通费那段。 员工在批准的停留期结束前被雇主辞退的，雇主要承担员工回到原外国居住地的合理交通费用；员工主动辞职的不算辞退（8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(E)）。实务上先书面向员工提出支付，再在信里写明提出的日期，并附上这份书面提议的复印件。
• 这封信和工资义务有关。 劳工部规定，雇佣关系真正终止（bona fide termination）后，雇主才不用再按 LCA 付工资；同一处写明，DHS 规定雇主要通知 DHS 雇佣关系已终止、让申请撤销，并在特定情况下支付员工回国的交通费（20 CFR 655.731(c)(7)(ii)）。
• 员工的宽限期从雇佣结束起算，不是从信送到那天。 最长 60 天，期间不能工作（8 CFR 214.1(l)(2)），见 H1b Grace Period。

寄出之后

• 等 USCIS 的书面确认。 USCIS 把它叫作撤回确认或撤销通知（"the USCIS acknowledgement of withdrawal (the notice of revocation)"，USCIS：Cap-Gap 说明页）。USCIS 没有公布处理时限，期间可以用 Case Status Online 查状态。
• 确认交给员工。 员工在 Cap-Gap 期间，或者境内激活还没到生效日的，要把这份确认交给学校 DSO，由 DSO 联系 SEVIS Help Desk 修正记录，避免 F-1 记录被终止（同一页）。
• 境内激活的信在生效日之后才送到的，员工的身份已经转成 H1b，要停止工作、另交 I-539 申请回到 F-1，见已批准，还没激活。
• LCA 另外处理。 撤回 I-129 不会撤回 LCA，LCA 能不能撤、记录保留多久，见 LCA 怎么处理。
• 申请费不退。 见费用。