USCIS Resumes Premium Processing of FY-2019 Cap-Subject H1B Petitions

On January 25, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is resuming premium processing for all H1B nonimmigrant visa petitions subject to the fiscal year 2019 cap [PDF version]. The news alert states that petitioners who have received requests for evidence (RFEs) in relation to pending fiscal year 2019 H1B petitions may submit a request for premium processing along with their RFE response.

We discuss the USCIS's original suspension of premium processing for fiscal year 2019 cap subject H1B petitions in a separate article [see article]. Premium processing suspensions not covered by the new USCIS alert are still in effect until further notice. To learn more about premium processing of H1B petitions and certain other categories of nonimmigrant visa petitions, please see our full article on the subject [see article].