USCIS Expanding Premium Processing for Some I-140 Petitions

In an official closing rule printed on Might 24, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies introduced that it will implement premium processing for sure pending Kind I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Staff, filed underneath the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications in an effort to “improve effectivity and cut back burdens to the general authorized immigration system.” The backlogs are a end result largely in a part of the pandemic and delays brought on by it. As of January 2022, USCIS had a staggering 5 million circumstances backlogged.

USCIS has laid out a phased strategy by which it plans to make the growth. It’s restricted to petitions filed greater than a yr in the past.

• June 1, 2022: USCIS begins accepting Kind I-907 requests for E13 multinational government and supervisor petitions acquired on or earlier than Jan. 1, 2021.
• July 1, 2022: USCIS will start accepting Kind I-907 requests for E21 NIW petitions acquired on or earlier than June 1, 2021, and E13 multinational government and supervisor petitions acquired on or earlier than March 1, 2021.
• Further I-140 petitions, I-539s and I-765s might turn out to be eligible for premium processing as USCIS processes different petitions as a part of the phased strategy. USCIS can even adhere to the congressional requirement that the growth of premium processing should not trigger a rise in processing occasions for normal immigration profit requests. As soon as the company has further assets to rent extra workers they are going to proceed increasing premium processing advantages to further classes. They plan to take action over the subsequent three years.

Be aware that USCIS will reject any premium processing requests for Kind I-140 which can be filed earlier than June 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022, to additional cut back the backlogs.

How Lengthy Does USCIS Must Course of Requests?

USCIS has 45 days to course of premium processing requests for Kind I-140 classifications. New (preliminary) Kind I-140s with premium processing requests should not being accepted presently.

On Might 24, 2022, USCIS printed a brand new model of Kind I-907, dated 05/31/22. For the month of June, they are going to settle for each the 09/30/20 and the 05/31/22 editions of Kind I-907. Beginning July 1, they are going to reject the older 09/30/20 version of Kind I-907.

What’s the Value for Premium Processing?

The price remains to be $2,500 for the expanded premium processing and with it USCIS ensures the 45 days processing timeframe (usually 15 days for different premium processing case requests). Purposes with out premium processing are going through processing occasions of round 12-18 months.

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