Aspart of its initiativeto expand premium processing eligibility, on May 24, 2022, USCISissued a news alert that its premiumprocessing program will be expanded to include certain pending I-140 petitionsfiled under the EB-1 and EB-2 categories.
Thisexpansion of premium processing only applies to certain previously filed FormI-140 petitions and will occur in phases:
· Beginning June 1,2022, USCIS will accept Form I-907 premium processing upgrade requests for E13multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before Jan. 1,2021.
· Beginning July 1,2022, USCIS will accept Form I-907 premium processing upgrade requests for E21NIW petitions received on or before June 1, 2021, and E13 multinationalexecutive and manager petitions received on or before March 1, 2021.
New(initial) I-140 filings for the categories above are not eligible forpremium processing at this time.
USCISwill reject any premium processing requests for the classifications above thatare filed before the appropriate start date.