Today February 15, 2019, USCIS announced that the agency will resume premium processing services on Tuesday February 19, 2019, for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018.
Premium processing service remains suspended for H-1B petitions filed on or after December 22, 2018. USCIS will make an announcement at a later date when USCIS plans to resume premium processing for the remaining categories of H-1B petitions as agency workloads permit the agency to resume these services.
USCIS has provided the following guidance for petitioners who received a transfer notice for a pending H-1B petition, who are interested in upgrading their petition to premium processing:
If you received a transfer notice for a pending H-1B petition, and you are requesting premium processing service, you must submit the premium processing request to the service center now handling the petition.
You should also include a copy of the transfer notice with your premium processing request to avoid possible delays associated with the receipt of your premium processing request.
Additionally, if you received a request for evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you should also include the RFE response with the premium processing request.
If your petition was transferred and you send your premium processing request to the wrong center, USCIS will forward it to the petition’s current location. However, the premium processing clock will not start until the premium processing request has been received at the correct center.
| If your petition was transferred to the… | Send your premium processing request to… |
| Nebraska Service Center | USPS:
USCIS Nebraska Service Center FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Nebraska Service Center |
| Vermont Service Center | USPS, FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS Vermont Service Center |
On Jan. 28, USCIS resumed premium processing services for FY 2019 cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption.
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