U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will increase the premium processing fee for most petitions currently eligible for premium processing to $2,500 (yes, that’s a 75% increase!). The new processing fee takes effect on Monday, October 19. For petitions requesting H-2B or R-1 (religious workers) classification, the fee will increase from $1,440 to $1,500.
Read MoreEarlier this week, a federal judge blocked USCIS from increasing its filing fees, which were scheduled to take effect today, October 2. The judge found possible procedural and substantive violations under the Administrative Procedures Act, and defects in the way the Acting Secretaries for the Department of Homeland Security at the time had been appointed, the combination of which made him decide to temporarily block the proposed fee increases until these issues could be thoroughly addressed.
Read MoreUSCIS started selecting additional H-1B lottery registrations this week from the registrations that were not selected in March 2020. The newly selected registrations have notices that say “August 2020 Selection of Reserve Registration” and indicate a filing period of 8/17/2020 – 11/16/2020.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will increase most of its government filing fees effective October 2, 2020, due to budgetary shortfalls. It also will change the premium processing time from 15 calendar days to 15 business days. Finally, it will issue new versions of Form I-129 and Form I-765 in the next 30 days, which also will take effect on October 2, 2020.
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