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9/27/2006 IMMIGRATION ALERT
USCIS ALLOWS
PREMIUM PROCESSING OPTION FOR THREE ADDITIONAL I-140 CATEGORIES
The USCIS has announced that starting September 25 it will begin accepting
premium processing requests for the following I-140, Immigrant Petition for
Alien Worker categories:
- EB-1, outstanding professors and researchers
- EB-2, members of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional
ability (does not include National Interest Waiver petitions)
- EB-3, workers other than skilled workers and professionals (i.e.
unskilled labor requiring less than two years of training or experience)
These additions follow an August 28th USCIS announcement opening up premium
processing to EB-3 I-140 petitions filed in the EB-3 Professionals (i.e.
immigrant workers with bachelor degrees who are members of the professions),
and EB-3 Skilled Workers (i.e. immigrant workers capable of performing
skilled labor requiring at least two years of education, training or
experience) categories.
See:
http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/alerts/08.18.2006_alert.htm
For an additional fee of $1000, Petitioners can now have their I-140 cases
falling under the above-mentioned categories processed within 15-calendar
days from receipt of the petition.
See:
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/PremProc092206PR.pdf
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