U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services\u00a0has announced\u00a0that it will resume premium processing\u00a0for\u00a0Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker\u00a0and\u00a0Form\u00a0I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers,\u00a0in phases this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Effective\u00a0today, June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept\u00a0Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service\u00a0for\u00a0all\u00a0eligible\u00a0Form I-140 petitions.<\/p>\n
Effective\u00a0June 8,\u00a0USCIS will accept\u00a0premium processing requests\u00a0for:\u00a0<\/p>\n
– H-1B petitions\u00a0filed\u00a0before\u00a0June 8 that\u00a0are pending adjudication\u00a0and are cap-exempt\u00a0(for example,\u00a0petitions filed by petitioners that are cap-exempt and petitions filed for beneficiaries previously counted toward the numerical allocations).\u00a0<\/p>\n
– All other Form I-129 petitions\u00a0(non H-1B petitions)\u00a0for nonimmigrant classifications\u00a0eligible for premium processing\u00a0filed\u00a0before June 8\u00a0that are pending adjudication.<\/p>\n
– Effective\u00a0June 15,\u00a0USCIS plans on resuming premium processing for:\u00a0<\/p>\n
– H-1B petitions\u00a0requesting premium processing\u00a0by\u00a0filing an I-907\u00a0concurrently with their I-129\u00a0(or request for a petition filed on or after June 8)\u00a0and are\u00a0exempt from the cap\u00a0because:\u00a0<\/p>\n
– The employer is cap-exempt\u202for because the beneficiary\u00a0will be employed at a qualifying cap-exempt institution, entity or organization (such as an institution of higher education, a nonprofit research organization or a governmental research organization); or\u00a0<\/p>\n
– The beneficiary is cap-exempt based on a Conrad\/IGA waiver under INA section 214(l).<\/p>\n
– Effective\u00a0June 22, USCIS plans on resuming premium processing\u00a0for\u00a0all other Form I-129 petitions, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n
– All\u00a0H-1B cap-subject petitions\u00a0(including\u00a0those for\u00a0fiscal year 2021), including change of status from F-1 nonimmigrant status, for both\u00a0premium processing\u00a0upgrades and concurrently filed I-907s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– All other Form I-129 petitions\u00a0for nonimmigrant classifications\u00a0eligible for premium processing\u00a0and requesting premium processing\u00a0by\u00a0filing an I-907 concurrently with their I-129.<\/p>\n
All\u00a0dates are subject to change as USCIS continues to take on more premium processing requests and USCIS will announce any changes to these\u00a0dates\u00a0accordingly.<\/p>\n
On March 20, USCIS\u00a0announced\u00a0the temporary suspension of premium processing for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions due to\u00a0the coronavirus (COVID-19).\u00a0USCIS\u00a0continues\u00a0to process any petition with a previously accepted Form I-907, in accordance with the premium processing service criteria. Petitioners who had already filed Form I-129 or Form I-140 using the premium processing service\u00a0before\u00a0the March 20 suspension,\u00a0but received no action and a refund, may refile their Form I-907\u00a0consistent with the timeline above, barring any changes USCIS may announce in the future. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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