Employers probably won’t be able to get their petitions for high-skill visas fast-tracked until very close to the date they need the workers involved.
Premium processing for H-1B visas that are subject to annual limits likely won’t be available until Sept. 10 this year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced March 20. Employers can send petitions for fiscal year 2019 visas on April 2. FY 2019 begins Oct.1.
Premium processing allows employers to pay an extra fee for their petitions to be processed within 15 days.
Immigration attorneys were “blindsided” by the announcement, Jennifer Minear of McCandlish Holton in Richmond, ...
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