US Immigration.
Good News: USCIS Premium Processing Final Rule for Green Card, Visa & EAD published by USCIS.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced 3 new initiatives today, to Reduce multimillion-case backlog of immigration applications, Expanding Premium processing for various new immigration forms, and provide relief to EAD holders by changing various rules.
USCIS Cycle Time Goals changed.
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services final rule, that would expand premium processing to include additional case types, has cleared the Office of Management and Budget, putting it closer to publication and implementation as law.
Currently, premium processing is limited to certain Form I-129 nonimmigrant worker petitions and certain Form I-140 immigrant worker petitions, with a 15-day adjudication timeframe.
The revised fee schedule and timeframes set forth by the October 2020 legislation are as follows.
i-140 for Most forms, including EB1, EB2 and EB3 will be processing in 15 calendar days, with a Premium Processing Fee of $2,500.
i-140 for EB1 Multinational Manager, EB2 National Interest Waiver, EB2 Physician will be processing in 45 calendar days, with a Premium Processing Fee of $2,500.
Form I-129 Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions will be processing in 15 calendar days, with a Premium Processing Fee of $2,500.
Form I-539 for Change or Extension of Status, to F, J or M will be processing in 30 calendar days with a Premium Processing Fee of $1,750.
Form I-539 for Change or Extension of Status, for visa types E, H, L, O, P and R Dependents will be processing in 30 calendar days with a Premium Processing Fee of $1,750.
Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (other wise commonly referred to as E.A.D) will be processing in 30 calendar days with a Premium Processing Fee of $1,500.
The regulation implements Congress’s October 2020 legislation, directing U.S.C.I.S to expand premium processing service to a number of additional case types.
Expansion of Interview Waiver Eligibility is also applied at the US consulates abroad. Department of Homeland Security, has temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement, for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification.
This video covers Visa’s and their priority order in detail (starting from IR category, ending with Tourist B1 & B2 visa).
IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, IR-3, K1, SE1, H1B, H4, L1, L2, TN, H2, F, M, J, E1, E2, B1, B2 Visa appointments.
You can also have a quick look at individual country wise embassy visa processing status worldwide
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This Video also applies to Visa Priority dates to be followed in US consulates in following countries for Visa interview.
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00:00 USCIS New Initiatives
01:13 Premium Processing and other measures
02:16 Backlog Reduction for all cases
05:32 USCIS Cycle time Goals
06:38 Expansion of Premium Processing
07:54 Automatic EAD extension
08:25 USCIS Staffing for Backlog Reduction
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