USCIS Updates

On July 15, 2022, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), provide an update on the expansion of premium processing for certain pending Form I-140 Petitions for Alien Workers. Beginning August 1, 2022, USCIS will begin accepting Form I-907 requests for Premium processing for the following:

  • E13 multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before July 1, 2021; AND
  • E21 NIW petitions that were received on or before Aug. 1, 2021.

*NOTE – USCIS will reject premium processing requests for Form I-140 classifications if the receipt date is after the dates listed above. USCIS has 45 days to take adjudicative action on cases that request premium processing for these newly included Form I-140 classifications. USCIS is not accepting new I-140 Petitions with a premium processing request at this time.

USCIS Update – Premium Processing for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions

Read the full Announcement from USCIS here:

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