USCIS announced today that it will begin implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, filed under the E13 multinational executive and manager classification (EB1C) or the E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a national interest waiver (NIW).
The expansion will occur in phases:
| EB1C Upgrade Schedule | |
| Start Date | Corresponding Filing/Priority Dates |
| June 1, 2022 | On or before Jan. 1, 2021 |
| July 1, 2022 | On or before March 1, 2021 |
| NIW Upgrade Schedule | |
| Start Date | Corresponding Filing/Priority Dates |
| June 1, 2022 | On or before Jan. 1, 2021 |
As specified by Congress, this final rule allows USCIS 45 days for premium processing of newly included Form I-140 EB1C and NIW requests. USCIS is not accepting new (initial) Forms I-140 with a premium processing request at this time.
On May 23, 2022, USCIS published a new version of Form I-907, dated 05/31/22. For the month of June, USCIS will accept both the 09/30/20 and the 05/31/22 edition of Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service. Starting July 1, 2022, USCIS will reject petitions using the older 09/30/20 edition of Form I-907.