USCIS Reinstates Premium Processing for I-140
Finally! Effective June 29, 2009.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/premproc_22jun09.pdf
Most people involved with the immigration process thought that this was a no-brainer - USCIS makes money & people get I-140’s fast. I-140’s are so important for immigrant petitioners for several reasons, some of which are -
- They can actually exercise their right to switch jobs after their I-485 petition has been waiting for 180 days.
- They can get 3 year H1-B extensions while they are waiting in the line for permanent residency.
- They are one step further in the green card process - get slightly better sleep!
There are some caveats to this update though. The following categories remain unavailable:
- EB-1C: Multinational Corporation Executive/Manager Petitions
- EB-2NIW: National Interest Waiver based EB-2 Petitions.
Not sure why.
We’ve been reporting on I-140 related issues at Endlesswait.com and, in fact, it was the long waits on I-140 in 2007 and 2008 that led to the creation of this website.
Follow our I-140 reports at http://www.endlesswait.com/category/i140/ starting with http://www.endlesswait.com/i140/i-140-backlog-is-18-months-now-for-eb3-nsc/
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July 17th, 2009 at 10:52 am
interesting material, where such topics do you find? I will often go