{"id":2505,"date":"2019-02-15T15:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/eng\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2019-02-15T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:05:31","slug":"uscis-premium-processing-h1b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/uscis-premium-processing-h1b\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions Filed on or Before December 21, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/news\/news-releases\/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-filed-or-dec-21-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced today<\/a> that it will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Back on September 11, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/news\/uscis-extends-and-expands-suspension-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-reduce-delays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USCIS had announced<\/a> that it was extending a previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing for H-1B cap petitions and expanding the suspension to include certain additional H-1B petitions. On January 28, 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/node\/72129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USCIS announced<\/a> that it would resume premium processing for FY 2019 cap-subject petitions, and today&#8217;s announcement resumes premium processing for all H-1B petitions that were filed on or before December 21, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Special directions for H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you received a transfer notice for a pending H-1B petition filed on or before December 21, 2018, and you are requesting premium processing service, you must submit the premium processing request to the service center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/news\/news-releases\/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-filed-or-dec-21-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that is now handling the operation<\/a>. You should include a copy of the transfer notice with your premium processing request.<\/li>\n<li>If you have received a Request for Evidence (RFE) for a pending H-1B petition filed on or before December 21, 2018, and you are requesting premium processing service, you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Premium processing guarantees that a H-1B petition will be adjudicated and processed within 15-calendar days. If USCIS does not take certain adjudicative action within these 15-calendar days, USCIS refunds the petitioner&#8217;s premium processing service fee and continues with expedited processing of the petition.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS will also notify the public when it will begin to accept premium processing for all H-1B petitions, regardless of filing date. Our office will keep you updated regarding this matter. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. Back on September 11, 2018, USCIS had announced that it was extending a previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing for H-1B cap petitions and expanding the suspension [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17,14,8,9,11,38,10,41],"tags":[44,100,77,26,60,28],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}