USCIS Plans to Resume Premium Processing Services
Worldwide ERC® - Jun 04 2020Published in: Public Policy
The USCIS announced its phased rollout plan to resume premium processing for petitions.
On 29 May, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a rollout plan to resume premium processing services for petitions. Throughout the month of June, USCIS will begin to accept premium processing petitions for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers.
Premium processing is a USCIS service that provides for expedited review of qualifying employment-based petitions. USCIS guarantees processing within 15 calendar days as opposed to normal processing timeframes.
- Beginning 1 June, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing for all eligible Form I-140 petitions.
- Following this, on 8 June USCIS will accept premium processing requests for cap-exempt H-1B Form I-129 petitions (H-1B petitions) filed before 8 June that are pending adjudication. Premium processing requests will also be accepted for any other non-H-1B Form I-129 petitions, if they are filed before 8 June, and are pending adjudication.
- Then, beginning 15 June, premium processing requests will resume for cap-exempt H-1B petitions that are concurrently filed with a premium processing request.
- Finally, premium processing for all other Form I-129 petitions for visas like E, L and O, for instance, will resume on 22 June. Included in this phase are all H-1B cap-subject petitions, change of status for F-I visas and more.
