October 12, 2020 | Ilene Zaitouna
Expansion of Premium Processing Availability with Increased Fees (“Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act”)
In a dramatic action, the U.S. Congress on September 30, 2020 took action to enable USCIS to stabilize its budget, precluding USCIS from following through on its threat to furlough a large portion of its workforce, and expanded the accelerated processing times available under its Premium Processing Program to a wide variety of additional immigration …