USCIS has informed the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that it will resume premium processing for all types of H-1B petitions October 3, 2017. USCIS had already resumed premium processing service for H-1B Cap cases on September 18, 2017. Normal processing times for H-1B petitions can be in excess of 6 months. Petitioners have the option to pay an additional fee of $1,225 to expedite through premium processing. USCIS guarantees 15 calendar-day processing when a

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday said that it will immediately restart “premium processing” for all 2018 cap-subject H-1B visa petitions. The program was suspended in April but USCIS allowed premium processing for certain applicants such as Physicians under the Conrad 30 Program, applicants with IGA waivers (Interested Government Agency) and certain H1B petitions which were not subject to the annual cap. The resumption of premium processing only applies

President Donald Trump has ended DACA- representing the most aggressive immigration crackdown of his administration so far. The termination of the program will put nearly 800,000 immigrants who came to the US as children or young teenagers at risk of deportation. Trump has delayed implementation by 6 months, presumably to give Congress time to provide a legislative solution. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the government will stop granting protections f