Premium processing, available for an additional fee, significantly reduces wait times for eligible categories. Form Category Regular Processing Premium Processing I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker 7.6 months 0.6 months I-485 Employment-based Adjustment of Status 6.4 months N/A I-129 ...
February 2024:The USCIS increased the Premium Processing fee from $2,500 to $2,805 for H1B petitions that require expedited processing. Also, the H1B registration fee remains at $10 for FY 2025 Season. February 2023:There is aregulation in Federal Registerthat is in the comment period with ...
Premium processing is an optional service that allows petitioners to have their processing time expedited for an additional EB-1 cost of $1,440. While the usual processing time is around 6 months, premium processing will shorten it to 15 calendar days. The fee can either be paid by you or...
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USCIS announces it will open H1B premium processing once again, with the exception that employers will pay an additional $140 fee to expedite the process
USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions Starting April 3Beth E. Carlson
for premium processing or an increase in regular processing of immigration benefit requests so designated." It will be no small feat for USCIS to gear up for premium processing for new categories. Therefore, we expect immediately only a fee increase in existing categories to $2,500 from $1,...
When an H-1B petitioner properly requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a 15-day processing time. If we do not take certain adjudicative action within the 15‑calendar day processing time, USCIS refunds the petitioner’s premium processing service fee and continues wi...
USCIS announced today a phased-in resumption of premium processing. The resumption will occur as follows: On June 1st, all I-140 petitions can be accompanied by a premium processing request. On June 8th, H-1Bs filed before June 8th that are pending and are cap-exempt (such as those filed...
H1B Visa Petition: H1B Petition is the actual H1B Visa application package that includes submitting H1B Labor Condition Application(LCA), filing fee, and all documentation related to the applicant with USCIS. Only an applicant selected in the H1B Registration Selection Process, also called as H1B ...