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- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 8 U.S.C. 1356(u)
- Issued
- 2020-05-29 May 29, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-01 (phases June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22, 2020) (read as 2020-06-01)
- End
- n/a (resumption) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- June 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- employers petitioning on Forms I-129 and I-140
- Functions reached
- HR: fixes the end of the March 20-June 1, 2020 premium-processing suspension and the phased restoration through June 22, 2020
- OP
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it will resume premium processing for Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker and Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in phases over the next month. Effective June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for all eligible Form I-140 petitions. Effective June 8, USCIS will accept premium processing requests for: H-1B petitions filed before June 8 that are pending adjudication and are cap-exempt... All other Form I-129 petitions (non H-1B petitions) for nonimmigrant classifications eligible for premium processing filed before June 8 that are pending adjudication.
Enforcement
Notes
Primary evidence for the suspension period (Ex. 054).