H1B Premium Processing Commence- A Small Relief For Techies
H-1B Premium Processing-A Small Relief For The Techies The H-1B cap season is around the corner, and the premium processing for previously filed H-1B petitions has commenced on March 12th, 2019. USCIS has started the premium processing only for the H-1B petitions received on or before Dec 21st, 2018. What is premium processing? The usual processing time for H-1B petitions is around 5-6 months, which is very long. So USCIS has started the premium processing service to minimize the time taken for processing the employment-based petitions. Any petition filed under premium processing will take only 15 calendar days for completion of the process. This 15-day period will begin once the USCIS receives the petition at the processing center. Upon processing the petition USCIS will send any one of the following as a response to the petition within 15 days. u2022tApproval u2022tRejection u2022tRFE (Request For Evidence) u2022tNOID (Notice Of Intent to Deny) u2022tOpen an investigation for fraud or misrepresentation In case you have received an RFE or NOID, you are responsible for sending an RFE/ NOID response to the USCIS for further processing. A new 15-day period will begin on the day USCIS receives the response to the RFE. USCIS charges a huge amount of fee for the premium processing of your petitions. If USCIS fails to provide a response within the specified 15 days, it would refund your fee, but your petition will still be eligible for the premium processing. USCIS has suspended the premium processing of H-1B petitions in the previous year in order to clear all the pending petitions. Recently USCIS has resumed this process for all the H-1B petitions filed on or before Dec 21st, 2018. This latest update from the USCIS has brought in a little hope for the suspended the premium processing of H-1B aspirers from different countries. However, there is no update regarding the premium processing of the petitions received after this date.
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