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Premium Processing
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Business Immigration Insights
USCIS Reinstates Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Petitioners
By Liya Green
Today, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced the reinstatement of premium processing service for H-1B petitions filed by certain cap-exempt petitioners. In addition to petitioners who seek…
Business Immigration Insights
USCIS Announces Return of H-1B Premium Processing
By Ian P. Band
The USCIS announced on June 23, 2017, that it will reintroduce Premium Processing for H-1B petitions. USCIS suspended this program for all H-1B petitions on April 3, 2017.
Business Immigration Insights
USCIS’s Nebraska Service Center Announces Delays In Adjudication of H-4 and H-4 EAD Applications Concurrently Filed with Premium H-1B Petitions
By Liya Green
Due to the upcoming temporary suspension of premium processing for all H-1B petitions on April 3, 2017, USCIS has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of premium processing cases…
Employer Law Report
USCIS to suspend premium processing for H-1B petitions
By Rob Cohen
On Friday, March 3, 2017, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would suspend premium¹ processing for all H-1B petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017.…
Minnesota Wage & Hour
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions Effective April 3, 2017
Gone are the days of the 15 day wait period for H-1B petitions (both regular and master's cap)...at least for now. On March 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and…
Immigration View
No PP for H-1B Cap Petitions: USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for ALL H-1B Petitions
On March 3, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions starting on April 3, 2017 until further notice.…
Inside Business Immigration
Effective April 3, 2017, USCIS Will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions
By Cole F. Heyer, Ian Macdonald
Late Friday evening on March 3, 2017, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will temporarily suspend its premium processing service for all H-1B petitions, including CAP-subject…
Immigration View
FY2017 H-1B Cap: Premium Processing to Start on May 12, 2016
This just in…the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a news release on Friday, April 22nd stating that the premium processing clock will start on Thursday, May 12, 2016.…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS to start processing premium processed H-1B Cap Cases on May 12
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin premium processing all of this year’s H-1B cap cases on May 12, 2016. This includes H-1B cases filed under…
Immigration View
USCIS Changes Filing Addresses for Certain Premium Processing I-140s as of 10/19/2015
Beginning on October 19, 2015, there will be new direct filing addresses for Form I-140 Immigrant Petitions submitted with a Form I-907 Request for Premium Processing Service if the worksite location is…