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Premium Processing
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Workforce Compliance Insights
USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increasing for Forms I-129 and I-140
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will increase the premium processing fee for certain employment-based petitions, beginning on December 2, 2019. Premium processing is an optional service provided…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Premium Processing Fee to Increase on December 2, 2019
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that on December 2, 2019, its premium processing fee will increase from $1,410 to $1,440 for certain employment-based petitions. The $30 increase…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS Announces Premium Processing Fee Increase for Certain Employment-based Petitions
On Oct. 30, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is increasing the fee to request premium processing for certain employment-based petitions. Beginning on Nov. 29, 2019,…
Immigration View
Reminder – End of Courtesy Premium Processing for Form I-539 filed with I-129 Petitions
USCIS' previous practice of adjudicating the I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, filed with a qualifying I-129 petition under Premium Processing has ended. USCIS now requires every I-539 applicant pay…
Inside Business Immigration
I-539 Applications are Treated as Stand-Alone Applications and are No Longer Eligible for ‘Courtesy’ Premium Processing with I-129
There is no premium processing available for any nonimmigrant status requested using a stand-alone Form I-539. Until recently, however, the USCIS would traditionally grant courtesy premium processing for I-539 applications…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
USCIS Provides Updates Regarding Premium Processing for FY 2020 Cap Cases
By By Melissa Manna Melina V. Villalobos and Lisa M. Taylor
Premium processing has historically been available for all H-1B applications filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). However, from time to time, USCIS has suspended premium processing. On March…
Employment Law Worldview
H-1B Premium Processing Update: It’s On! Again! Mostly (US)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced the reinstatement of premium processing service for H-1B nonimmigrant petitions, with an exception. Premium processing permits an employer to pay an extra…
Immigration Blog
USCIS Clarifies Premium Processing for This Year’s H-1B Cap Cases Limited to Change of Status
By Amy L. Peck
As the start of the H-1B cap season approaches, USCIS has clarified that not all of this year’s cap cases can be premium processed. Despite its notice on March 12,…
Inside Business Immigration
Key Changes to this Year’s H-1B Cap that You Should Know
By Joy Sanders˘
Premium Processing Available U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting cap-subject H-1B petitions on April 1, 2019, for employment start dates effective Oct. 1, 2019, the start of…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for all H-1B petitions
By Joy Sanders˘
Effective immediately, USCIS has resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions. The resumption applies to new petitions as well as those that are currently pending with USCIS. This means that,…