Immigration Law

USCIS Reinstates Premium Processing Service for certain Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

By Robert Kraft

Effective June 29, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will resume Premium Processing Service for Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) for the following petitioner categories:
 
...   EB-1 Aliens with Extraordinary Ability,
...   EB-1 Outstanding Professors and Researchers,
...   EB-2 Members of Professions with Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability not seeking a National Interest Waiver,
...   EB-3 Professionals,
...   EB-3 Skilled Workers, and
...   EB-3 Workers other than Skilled Workers and Professionals.
 
Premium Processing Service guarantees petitioners that USCIS will issue either an approval notice, a notice of intent to deny, a request for evidence, or will open an investigation, within 15 calendar days of receipt for a $1,000 processing fee. If USCIS does not process the petition within that 15-day window, the $1,000 fee will be refunded, but the Premium Processing Service will continue. Additionally, each petitioner who uses Premium Processing will have a dedicated phone number and e-mail address to check their petition status as well as ask any questions they may have.
 
For additional information, please visit www.uscis.gov.

Full post as published by Immigration Law Answers Blog on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).