From the USCIS Press
Release:
“U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services today announced the immediate and temporary suspension of
premium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions until further
notice due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Effective today, March 20,
2020, USCIS will not accept any new requests for premium processing. USCIS will
process any petition with a previously accepted Form
I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, in accordance with
the premium processing service criteria. However, we will not be able to send
notices using pre-paid envelopes. We will only send batch-printed notices.
Petitioners who have already filed a Form
I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, or Form
I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, using the premium
processing service and who receive no agency action on their case within the
15-calendar-day period will receive a refund, consistent with 8 CFR 103.7(e).
We will notify the public with a confirmed date for resuming premium
processing.
USCIS will reject the I-907
and return the $1,440 filing fee for all petitions requesting premium
processing that were mailed before March 20 but not yet accepted.
This temporary suspension
includes petitions filed for the following categories:
I-129: E-1, E-2, H-1B,
H-2B, H-3, L-1A, L-1B, LZ, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-1S, P-2, P-2S, P-3, P-3S, Q-1, R-1,
TN-1 and TN-2.
I-140: EB-1, EB-2 and
EB-3.
This includes new premium
processing requests for all H-1B petitions, including H-1B cap-subject
petitions for fiscal year 2021, petitions from previous fiscal years, and all
H-1B petitions that are exempt from the cap. USCIS previously announced the
temporary suspension of premium processing for FY 2021 cap-subject petitions
and tentative dates for resumption of premium processing service. This
announcement expands upon and supersedes the previous announcement.”
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