USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Cap-Exempt Petitions

On July 24^th, USCIS announced that premium processing will resume effective immediately for petitions that are exempt from the cap, which are petitions filed by employers that qualifies as:

* An institution of higher education;

* A nonprofit related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education; or

* A nonprofit research or governmental research organization.

USCIS previously announced that premium processing resumed on June 26^th for H-1B petitions filed on behalf of physicians under the Conrad 30 waiver program as well as interested government agency waivers.

USCIS plans to resume premium processing of other H-1B petitions as workloads permit. We anticipate that premium processing may be available for all H-1B cases by August 21^st or sooner.