The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap.
Who can use Premium Processing?
Premium processing is now available for the following types of H-1B petitions:
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Pending H-1B U.S. master's cap petitions (reinstated September 18, 2017)
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Pending H-1B regular cap petitions (reinstated September 18, 2017)
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H-1B petitions filed on behalf of physicians under the Conrad 30 waiver program or through an interested government agency waiver (reinstated July 24, 2017)
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H-1B cap-exempt petitions by institutions of higher education, a nonprofit related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education, or nonprofit research or governmental research organization (reinstated July 24, 2017)
See the USCIS news release here.
Looking ahead
USCIS has indicated that it plans to resume premium processing for all other remaining H-1B petition types as its workload permits.
