The USCIS announced on June 22, 2009 that the premium processing service will resume for I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) cases on June 29, 2009. This service has been suspended since July 2, 2007.
The USCIS announcement advises that they will accept premium processing requests for all EB1, EB2, and EB3 cases (except: EB1 Multinational Executive Transferees and EB2 National Interest Waiver cases).
USCIS will not accept Premium Processing for EB1 Multinational Executive Transferees and EB2 National Interest Waiver cases.
USCIS charges an additional $1000 filing fee for the Premium Processing service.
For this fee, they will do one of the following within 15 calendar days:
- Approve the petition
- Issue a notice of intent to deny (NOID)
- Issue a request for evidence (RFE)
- Open an investigation
USCIS provides a dedicated telephone number and email address to facilitate communication for Premium Processing cases.