01/20/2023
01-18-2023 Expansion of Premium Processing Services by USCIS
USCIS announced the next phase of its expansion of premium processing services. Beginning January 30, 2023, USCIS will accept Form I-907 premium processing requests for all new and pending I-140 petitions for E13 multinational executive and manager petitions and E21 NIW petitions. Premium processing for these I-140 petitions are to be adjudicated within 45 days. In March 2023, USCIS plans to further expand premium processing to pending Form I-765s filed by F-1 students for Optional Technical Training (OPT) and STEM OPT. This will be further expanded in April 2023 to initial OPT and STEM OPT applications. Exact details are expected to be announced in February 2023. See
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is implementing the final phase of the premium processing expansion for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications.
