U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that beginning June 29, 2009, it will accept requests for expedited case adjudication via “Premium Processing” service for most I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker submissions. Premium Processing results in USCIS reviewing a petition within 15 calendar days, as opposed to the current processing times of 4-21 months. Premium Processing requires the payment of an additional government filing fee of $1,000 and is requested by the filing of Form I-907, which can be done concurrently with the Form I-140 or anytime thereafter.

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