Immigration Lawyer Blog – H1B Visa & Employment Based Visas | Global Law Centers » premium processing http://www.globallawcenters.com/blog Immigration Lawyer Orange & Los Angeles County Blog – H1B Visa & Employment Based Visas Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en I-140 Premium Processing to be resumed for individuals running out of time on H-1B status http://www.globallawcenters.com/blog/i-140-premium-processing-to-be-resumed-for-individuals-running-out-of-time-on-h-1b-status/ http://www.globallawcenters.com/blog/i-140-premium-processing-to-be-resumed-for-individuals-running-out-of-time-on-h-1b-status/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:58:16 +0000 admin http://www.globallawcenters.com/blog/?p=19 The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA)  reports that beginning July 16, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will resume premium processing for I-140 petitions in limited circumstances. Premium processing should be available for those beneficiaries whose six year H-1B status will expire within 60 days of filing the premium processing request so that they can utilize the approved I-140 petition to become eligible for additional time on H-1B status. The I-140 petition process is the second phase of most employment-based immigration proceedings . An official notice has not yet been issued by USCIS.

This is definitely positive news for individuals who will be running out of time on H-1B status.

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