Corporate Immigration Law News

Brief Overview

• Beginning June 1, USCIS will accept Form I-907 Premium Processing upgrade requests for pending EB-1 Multinational Manager Form I-140 petitions that were filed on or before January 1, 2021.
• Beginning July 1, USCIS will accept Form I-907 Premium Processing upgrade requests for pending EB-1 Multinational Manager Form I-140 petitions that were filed on or before March 1, 2021, and pending EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) I-140 petitions that were filed on or before June 1, 2021.
• The premium processing fee will be $2,500 for affected case types. The processing timeframe will be 45 days, measured from the date USCIS receives all prerequisites for adjudicating the case.
• At this time, USCIS will not allow petitioners to request premium processing of these cases at the time of petition filing.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that premium processing will become available for certain pending Forms I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, in the EB-1 Multinational Manager and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) categories, beginning in June and July, respectively. Petitioners who wish to request a premium processing upgrade must file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Services, on or after the applicable effective date.

Read additional details here.

For further information, please contact: Anthony F. Siliato, Scott R. Malyk, Lin R. Walker, or Stacey A. Simon.

Effective Wednesday, May 4th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will provide an extended automatic extension period for expiring Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain renewal applicants who have filed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. The new EAD automatic extension period will be increased from 180 days to up to 540 days from the expiration date listed on the EAD.

This increase will be available to:

• Eligible renewal applicants with pending EAD renewals, Forms I-765, as of May 4, 2022, including those applicants whose employment authorization have lapsed following the initial 180-day extension period, or
• Eligible applicants who file an EAD renewals, Forms I-765, during the 540-day period, between May 4, 2022, and October 26, 2023.

In light of current processing times for Forms I-765, DHS is taking these steps to help prevent renewal applicants from experiencing a lapse in employment authorization and/or documentation while their applications remain pending and solutions are implemented to return processing times to normal levels.

For further information, please contact: Anthony F. Siliato, Scott R. Malyk, Lin R. Walker, or Stacey A. Simon.