Employers are unlikely to get their petitions for high-skilled guestworkers fast-tracked until June 29 at the earliest, when the option will resume in a two-phased approach.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the suspension of premium processing for fiscal year 2021 will apply to H-1B petitions subject to the annual 85,000 cap. Once premium processing is restored, the first phase will include H-1B petitions requesting a change of status from F-1 student visas. The second phase will include all other FY 2021 cap-subject petitions, the agency said Monday.
The temporary suspension is meant to reduce overall H-1B processing times, and ...