H1b Premium Processing Resume
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H1b premium processing resume. The premium processing is slated to be resumed from Jan 28th 2019 for all Cap subject H1B visa petitions that have been in a pending state from the H1B Lottery drawn in April 2018. USCIS has begin accepting H1B premium processing petitions for physicians from 26 June will announce premium processing for all H1Bs when workloads allow. Starting today June 1 2020 USCIS has resumed the option of premium processing for Form I-129.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS announced that it resumed premium processing services in phases beginning on June 1. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on 23rd June that the agency will resume H1B. Premium processing for cap exempt H1B petitions that are filed as Extensions Amendments or H1B Transfers is also not available due to the Coronavirus situation.
This is rolled out in a phased manner. USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday March 12 for all H-1B petitions. USCIS is set to resume premium processing for all H1-B applications from March 12 2019.
Starting today June 1 2020 USCIS has resumed premium processing of certain H1-B petitions and Form I-140 petitions. Phase 1 The first phase will include FY 2020 cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting a change of status and the Premium Processing should be filed concurrently with H1B Visa petition April 1 to 5 2019. H1B receipt number for premium processing applications is sent by email to your attorney or employer within 1-3 days.
Premium Processing for H1B Visa 2020 Cap season will be offered in two phases. Premium processing for all other categories of H1Bs that are not subjected to the FY 2018 cap will resume as workloads permit and remain suspended until then. The USCIS made this decision in order to reduce overall H1B processing times.
H1B Visa Application Processing H1B Premium and Regular Processing Time September 7 2017 June 19 2020 Max Troy H1B visa application is limited to a total of 85000 visas for each fiscal year. Initially USCIS did not suspend this but on March 20th they updated indicating that premium processing is suspended for all kinds of H1B petitions from March 20th 2020. If you received a request for evidence RFE for a pending petition you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request.