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Premium Processing
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Immigration View
Alert! H-1B Premium Processing Resumed
By Ali Brodie
Yesterday, USCIS announced it will resume Premium Processing effective Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for all H-1B petitions. Petitions processed with Premium Processing result in USCIS review within 15-calendar days. If…
McEntee Law Group Blog
USCIS Re-Introduces H-1B Premium Processing for SOME Categories
As of Monday, January 28, 2019, the USCIS has resumed premium processing (15-calendar day adjudication) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 cap-subject H-1B petitions. Note: this applies to H-1B cases that…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS Proposes Increase to Premium Processing Fee
On Aug. 31, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a final rule in the Federal Register to increase the premium processing fee for certain visa petitions to $1,410,…
Immigration View
Premium Processing Fee Hike
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the filing fee for premium processing will increase from $1,225 to $1,410, beginning on October 1, 2018. According to USCIS, this…
Business Immigration Insights
Premium Processing Service Suspension Expanded
By Liya Green
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has announced that the suspension of premium processing for FY2019 H‑1B cap cases, announced on March 21, 2018, has been extended until…
The Mobile Workforce
Expansion of Premium Processing Suspension for H-1B Petitions
By Grace Shie
USCIS announced today that it is expanding its temporary suspension of premium processing to include additional types of H-1B petitions such as change of employer petitions and amendment petitions. Currently,…
The Mobile Workforce
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Twelve Days before Annual Lottery Commences
By Timothy C. D'Arduini, Anthony Tran
For the second year in a row, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for the upcoming fiscal year’s H-1B petitions, for which filings may…
Immigration View
USCIS Reinstates Premium Processing for ALL H-1B Petitions
On October 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting premium processing requests for all categories of H-1B petitions. In March 2017, USCIS had…
Through The Immigration Lens
Premium Processing Resumes for Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B Cap Petitions
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 18, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective immediately it would resume premium processing for H-1B petitions filed subject to the Fiscal Year…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS to Resume Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Institutions
On June 20, the USCIS Ombudsman office held a teleconference on H-1B petition processing to discuss various topics, including premium processing. Premium processing for H-1B petitions had been suspended in…