H1B Cap Cases Filed for Consular Notification of a Beneficiary’s H1B Visa Can Now Be Upgraded to Premium Processing

Effective Monday, June 10, 2019, in addition to any cap-subject H1B petition filed for regular processing that requested a change of status, the USCIS will also accept filings of premium processing requests of all remaining cap-subject petitions. Those employers who elect to “upgrade” their pending petitions to premium processing will be able to do this by filing form I-907. This, of course, only applies if the petition was selected in the H1B lottery.

As a reminder, the USCIS started the first phase of the premium processing “upgrades” of eligible petitions that requested a change of status on May 20, 2019.

Premium processing remains available for all H1B petitions not subject to the cap.

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