U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will suspend premium processing service for all H-1B petitions starting April 3, 2017. This suspension may last for up to six months.
This means that H-1B petitions for the 2018 fiscal year, which can be filed starting April 3, 2017, will not be eligible for premium processing. If a petition is submitted with Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, the petition will be rejected. Premium processing will also be suspended for petitions that are exempt from the cap.
However, USCIS also announced that petitioners may request expedited processing if the delay in processing meets one or more of the following criteria:
• Severe financial loss to a company or person;
• Emergency situation;
• Humanitarian reasons;
• Nonprofit organization request in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States;
• Department of Defense or national interest situation (these particular expedite requests must come from an official U.S. government entity and state that the delay will be detrimental to the government);
• USCIS error;
• Compelling interest of USCIS.
USCIS officers will use their discretion to handle expedite requests on a case-by-case basis.
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