USCIS Announces Final Phase of Premium Processing Expansion for EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions and Future Expansion for F-1 Students Seeking OPT and Certain Student and Exchange Visitors

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is implementing the final phase of the premium processing expansion for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications.

Beginning Jan. 30, 2023, USCIS will accept Form I-907 requests for:

• All pending E13 multinational executive and manager petitions and E21 NIW petitions; and

• All initial E13 multinational executive and manager petitions and E21 NIW petitions.

As USCIS previously announced, they are expanding premium processing to additional form types as part of their efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. In March, USCIS will expand premium processing to certain F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 students seeking STEM OPT extensions who have a pending Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. In April, USCIS will expand premium processing to F-1 students seeking OPT and F-1 students seeking STEM OPT extensions who are filing an initial Form I-765. USCIS will announce specific dates for each group in February.