USCIS will begin implementing Premium Processing Service for Immigrant Visa Petitions (I-140's) on August 28, 2006.  Premium Processing was introduced in 2001 to enable petitioners for nonimmigrant petitions (such as H-1B, L-1 and E-2) to received expedited processing in less than 14 days for a fee of $1,000. 

For a complete list of employment-based petitions that are eligible for Premium Processing, click here.

Those with a pending I-140's can upgrade to Premium Processing by sending the $1,000 fee to the USCIS.

Note that only employers or their attorneys, and not the immigrants, are eligible to request Premium Processing.

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