From the USCIS PressRelease:
“U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services today announced the immediate and temporary suspension ofpremium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions until furthernotice due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Effective today, March 20,2020, USCIS will not accept any new requests for premium processing. USCIS willprocess any petition with a previously accepted FormI-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, in accordance withthe premium processing service criteria. However, we will not be able to sendnotices using pre-paid envelopes. We will only send batch-printed notices.Petitioners who have already filed a FormI-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, or FormI-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, using the premiumprocessing service and who receive no agency action on their case within the15-calendar-day period will receive a refund, consistent with 8 CFR 103.7(e).We will notify the public with a confirmed date for resuming premiumprocessing.
USCIS will reject the I-907and return the $1,440 filing fee for all petitions requesting premiumprocessing that were mailed before March 20 but not yet accepted.
This temporary suspensionincludes petitions filed for the following categories:
I-129: E-1, E-2, H-1B,H-2B, H-3, L-1A, L-1B, LZ, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-1S, P-2, P-2S, P-3, P-3S, Q-1, R-1,TN-1 and TN-2.
I-140: EB-1, EB-2 andEB-3.
This includes new premiumprocessing requests for all H-1B petitions, including H-1B cap-subjectpetitions for fiscal year 2021, petitions from previous fiscal years, and allH-1B petitions that are exempt from the cap. USCIS previously announced thetemporary suspension of premium processing for FY 2021 cap-subject petitionsand tentative dates for resumption of premium processing service. Thisannouncement expands upon and supersedes the previous announcement.”