USCIS Continues to Expand Premium Processing for Certain I-140 Petitions

USCIS has announced the next phase of premium processing availability for certain types of pending I-140 Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers. 

Beginning September 15, 2022 USCIS began accepting premium processing upgrade requests for: 

• I-140 Immigrant Petition for Multinational Executive and Manager (EB-1C) received on or before January 1, 2022; and 

• I-140 Immigrant Petitions for National Interest Waivers (EB-2 NIW) received on or before February 1, 2022. 

USCIS will have 45 calendar days to adjudicate the pending petition after a premium processing request is filed, instead of the 15-day timeline used for other types of petitions.

USCIS is not accepting premium process requests for pending EB-1C or EB-2 NIW I-140s filed after the dates listed above. Additionally, the agency is not currently accepting premium processing requests with new I-140 petitions of these types. 

On May 24, 2022, USCIS officially introduced premium processing for pending EB-1C and EB-2 NIW I-140 petitions, and expanded the availability on August 1, 2022. 

In the announcement, USCIS confirmed its intention to continue expanding the availability of premium processing to additional I-140 petitions, Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. The agency’s full announcement can be found here. 

We will continue to monitor the expansion of premium processing services and keep you updated. 

This alert is for informational purposes only.  Please contact us if you would like to discuss these developments further.