US suspends premium processing of all I-140 and I-129 petitions

The USCIS has announced that it has temporarily suspended the premium processing service for all Form I-140 and I-129 petitions. The services will remain suspended until further notice due to the COVID19 outbreak.

The USCIS has announced that starting 20th March, it will not accept any new premium processing requests. It will, however, continue processing all premium processing requests for all accepted Form I-907 (Request for Premium Processing Service). All prior applications would be treated as per the processing service criteria. However, the USCIS will not be sending notices through pre-paid envelopes but only through batch printed ones.

If you have already filed a request for premium processing for Form I-140 or I-129 and have not yet received any response in 15 days, you will get a refund.

The USCIS will publish a notice regarding resuming premium processing services at a later date.

If your premium processing request was submitted before 20th March but has not yet been accepted, the USCIS will return the $1,440 filing fee.

The temporary suspension of premium processing will also affect the following categories:

Form I-129

• E1- Treaty Trader
• E2- Treaty Investor
• H1B- Nonimmigrant Work
• H2B- Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers
• H3-  Nonimmigrant Trainee
• L1A- Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager
• L1B- Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge
• LZ-  Intracompany transferee
• O1- Individuals with extraordinary ability or Achievement
• O2-  Supporting personnel of O1 Visa holders
• P1- Athletes
• P1S- Essential supporting personnel of P1 Visa holders
• P2- Individual performer
• P2S- Essential supporting personnel of P2 Visa holders
• P3- Artists or Entertainers
• P3S- Essential supporting personnel of P3 Visa holders
• Q1- Cultural Exchange
• R1- Religious Workers
• TN1- Trade NAFTA Work Visa for Canada
• TN2- Trade NAFTA Work Visa for Mexico

Form I-140

• EB1- Outstanding Researcher or Professor
• EB2- Foreign nationals in specialized professionals
• EB3- Skilled Workers

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