Immigration Services suspended premium processing services back in March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning June 1, 2020 USCIS again began to accept premium processing for all eligible I-140 Immigrant Visa petitions. The government then set forth a timeline for accepting premium processing for certain H-1B and nonimmigrant petitions as follows:
- June 8, 2020:
- Cap exempt H-1B petitions filed before June 8, 2020
- All other Form I-129 petitions (non H-1B petitions) for nonimmigrant classifications eligible for premium processing filed before June 8 (i.e. E-1, H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN)
- June 15, 2020:
- Concurrent filings of cap-exempt H-1B petitions requesting premium processing
- June 22, 2020:
- All H-1B cap-subject petitions
- Concurrent premium processing requests for all other Form I-129 petitions for nonimmigrant classifications eligible for premium processing (i.e. E-1, H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN)
We have already begun submitting premium processing upgrade requests for clients who previously engaged our firm for those services. If you have an application pending with the government and would like to upgrade to premium processing, so that your case is adjudicated within 15 days, please contact us for more information.