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Encouraging Developments in Immigration Application Processing

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently declared a plan to address lengthy processing timelines, reduce the backlog of pending cases, and extend premium processing to specific types of petitions and applications. USCIS’ efforts include adding staff and upgrading technology to significantly reduce processing times. Also, to increase Immigration Application Processing.

The new processing timelines goals, as reported by USCIS, are as follows:

  • Advance Parole (travel document or I-131): 3 months
  • Petition for a nonimmigrant worker (I-129): 2 months
  • Employment Authorization Document (I-765 or EAD): 3 months
  • Application to change or extend non-immigrant status (I-539): 3 months

Other relevant categories will be adjudicated as follows:

  • Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (I-140): 6 months
  • Application for Naturalization (citizenship or N-400): 6 months
  • Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Residence (I-485): 6 months

Immigration Application Processing

Also, USCIS will make premium processing available for immigrant visa petitions for multinational executives and managers (EB1-C) and National Interest Waiver petitions (EB2-NIW). Premium processing will also be available to extend nonimmigrant status (I-539), and interim work permits (EAD or I-765). The premium processing fees for EB-1C and EB-2 NIWs are expected to be $2,500, with an expedited processing timeline of 45 days. For I-539s, the premium processing fee will be $1,750, with an expedited processing timeline of 30 days. Also, I-765 will require a premium processing fee of $1,500, in exchange for a 30-day adjudication timeline.

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USCIS indicated that improvements will be phased throughout the next fiscal year and anticipates hitting the new adjudication goals by September 2023. Premium processing will also be phased in and will be made available to EB-1Cs and EB-2 NIWs first, followed by I-539s and I-765s.

Moreover, we will closely monitor the government’s implementation plan and provide updates as they become available.

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