USCIS is increasing premium processing fees, effective today, October 19, 2020. Fees are increasing from $1,440 to $2,500 for benefit requests that are already eligible for premium processing services through the Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, except for H-2B and R-1 petitions, which are increasing from $1,440 to $1,500.
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After a federal judge enjoined USCIS from drastically increasing their filing fees a week ago, the fee-funded agency is projecting to be in a financial deficit. However, last week Congress enacted the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act to immediately require USCIS to use premium processing at $2,500 for case types it previously charged $1,440. The Act also allows USCIS to set new premium fees without going through the typical regulatory process.
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On May 29, USCIS announced that it had resumed premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers.
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Starting December 2, the premium processing fee will increase from $1,410 to $1,440 for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. The fee was last increased in 2018, and the increase is based on inflation. Premium processing is optional and allows petitioners to request 15-day processing.
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USCIS announced that it will resume premium processing on February 19, 2019, for all H‑1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. For pending H‑1Bs that have been transferred, a premium processing request must be submitted to the service center now handling the petition.
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On September 18, 2017, USCIS resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2018 cap. Premium processing has also resumed for the annual 20,000 additional petitions that are set aside to hire workers with a U.S. master’s degree or higher educational degree. USCIS previously resumed premium processing H-1B petitions filed on behalf of physicians under the Conrad 30 waiver program, as well as interested government agency waivers and for certain H-1B petitions that are not subject to the cap. Premium processing remains temporarily suspended for all other H-1B petitions, such as extensions of stay.
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USCIS announced that it has resumed premium processing for certain cap-exempt H-1B petitions, including petitions where the petitioner is an institution of higher education, a nonprofit related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit research or governmental research organization. Effective immediately, those cap-exempt petitioners who are eligible for premium processing can file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. The Form I-907 can be filed together with an H-1B petition or separately for a pending H-1B petition. USCIS plans to resume premium processing of other H-1B petitions as workloads permit.
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USCIS announced that, starting today, it will resume accepting Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service (with an edition date of January 29, 2015), for all H-1B extension of stay petitions. Premium processing for H-1B extensions had been suspended since May 26, 2015, so that USCIS could implement the final rule providing employment authorization for certain H-4 spouses in a timely manner. USCIS clarified that it will accept an I-907 premium processing request on any H-1B extension petition, including pending petitions filed during the premium processing moratorium. If an I-907 was filed and/or received by USCIS prior to July 13, 2015, it will be rejected.
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June 1, 2015, USCIS began accepting only the new version of Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, with an edition date of January 29, 2015. Previous editions of the form submitted on or after June 1, 2015, will be rejected.
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