Release Date
05/24/2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140 Immigrant petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. This expansion of premium processing only applies to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a national interest waiver (NIW). Petitioners who wish to request a premium processing upgrade must file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service.
The expansion will occur in phases:
- Beginning June 1, 2022, USCIS will accept Form I-907 requests for E13 multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before Jan. 1, 2021.
- Beginning July 1, 2022, USCIS will accept Form I-907 requests for E21 NIW petitions received on or before June 1, 2021, and E13 multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before March 1, 2021.
The Services will reject premium processing requests for these classifications that are filed before their start date of June 1, 2022, or July 1, 2022. The Services will not accept new (initial) Forms I-140 with a premium processing request at this time.
On May 23, 2022, USCIS published a new version of Form I-907, dated 05/31/22. For the month of June, the services will accept both the 09/30/20 and the 05/31/22 editions of Form I-907. Starting July 1, the services will reject the older 09/30/20 edition of Form I-907.
As previously announced, USCIS are expanding premium processing to additional form types as part of our efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system.
Premium Processing for E13 Multinational Executives and Managers or E21 with National Interest Waiver
Beginning on June 1, 2022, USCIS will begin to phase in premium processing for E13 multinational executives and managers. On July 1, 2022, we will phase in E21 petitions seeking a national interest waiver (NIW) and additional E13 multinational executive and manager petitions. Please refer to the chart below regarding the upgrade schedule and when new petitions may be filed requesting premium processing. This chart will be periodically updated.
| E13 Upgrade Schedule | |
| Start Date | Corresponding Filing/Priority Dates |
| June 1, 2022 | On or before Jan. 1, 2021 |
| July 1, 2022 | On or before March 1, 2021 |
| E21 NIW Upgrade Schedule | |
| Start Date | Corresponding Filing/Priority Dates |
| July 1, 2022 | On or before June 1, 2021 |
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