Premium Processing Fee Increase Effective Oct. 19, 2020

[snoww]

Premium Processing Fee Increase Effective Oct. 19, 2020

Release Date 

10/16/2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it will increase fees for premium processing, effective Oct. 19, as required by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, Pub. L. No. 116-159, signed into law on Oct. 1. The USCIS premium processing service allows petitioners to pay an additional filing fee to expedite the adjudication of certain forms, generally within 15 days. The Act included the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, which requires USCIS to establish and collect additional premium processing fees, and to use those additional funds for expanded purposes.

Pub. L. No. 116-159 increases the fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, from $1,440 to $2,500, for all filings except those from petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, requesting H-2B or R-1 nonimmigrant status. The premium processing fee for petitioners filing Form I-129 requesting H-2B or R-1 nonimmigrant status is increasing from $1,440 to $1,500.

Any Form I-907 postmarked on or after Oct. 19 must include the new fee amount. If USCIS receives a Form I-907 postmarked on or after Oct. 19 with the incorrect filing fee, we will reject the Form I-907 and return the filing fee. For filings sent by commercial courier (such as UPS, FedEx and DHL), the postmark date is the date reflected on the courier receipt.

Pub. L. No. 116-159 also gives USCIS the ability to expand premium processing to additional forms and benefit requests, but USCIS is not yet taking that action. Any expansion of premium processing to other forms will be implemented as provided in the legislation.

[AndhraneedSCS]

$2500 anta... pone confirm ga istara ante adi ledu 

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

Contracter ga vunte 1 year h1b...premium la 2500...

Hyderabad la Pan Dabba pettukunte margins ekuva vuntayemo America la IT coolie laaga bratike kante 

[megadheera]

Odiyamma 2500 endi ra

[sri_india]

areee okka saree oka 15 years amount entho cheppi , aaa amount teesukoni GC iyandraaa

[tacobell fan]

Usually Gov Agencies intha huge Jump in fee cheyyavu. $1440 to $2500 is a major jump. It's a 73.6% hike.

[tacobell fan]

H1-B Premium  hiked 73%. 

H2-B Premium hike is only 5% or less.

[snoww]

1 minute ago, tacobell fan said:

Usually Gov Agencies intha huge Jump in fee cheyyavu. $1440 to $2500 is a major jump. It's a 73.6% hike.

H1b dependent employers ki sesaru kada appatilo sudden gaa h1b fees hike few thousands lo. 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, snoww said:

H1b dependent employers ki sesaru kada appatilo sudden gaa h1b fees hike few thousands lo. 

But still, charging employer is not the same as charging employee. 

[sri_india]

9 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Usually Gov Agencies intha huge Jump in fee cheyyavu. $1440 to $2500 is a major jump. It's a 73.6% hike.

Anteeeee customers Chala rich sir ... 

[ring_master]

Eni hike lu chesina memu kattadaniki ready ..We love USA siir

[veerigadu]

Newww bicchagalluuuuu anna @USCIS1

[csrcsr]

have they started premium for EAD ???

[snoww]

Some full time employers now pay for premium too. Going forward vallu kooda pay pay on your own antaaru. 

[sri_india]

10 minutes ago, snoww said:

Some full time employers now pay for premium too. Going forward vallu kooda pay pay on your own antaaru. 

maaa company vaadu nannu ippadi varaku $1 adagalee , including h4 EAD kuda maa vadee pettukuntadu ,...... ippudu inka dobbey antadu emo ila penchukuntu pothy