Expedited processing

[Mike20090622 45]

I just heard a news saying starting from June 1, you can pay 3200$ extra to get your case expedited, not sure if K visa is included or not, anybody has heard anything about it?

[powerpuff 6,697]

Premium processing is not available for family based petitions.

[Boiler 45,478]

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/30/2022-06742/implementation-of-the-emergency-stopgap-uscis-stabilization-act

[millefleur 5,046]

1 hour ago, Mike20090622 said:

I just heard a news saying starting from June 1, you can pay 3200$ extra to get your case expedited, not sure if K visa is included or not, anybody has heard anything about it?

Seems it only applies to the following:

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/uscis-to-expand-premium-processing

 

The new classifications of petitions and applications that will be eligible for premium processing will be phased in as follows:

FY2022:

• Form I-140 EB-1 Multinational Manager

• Form I-140, EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW)

• Form I-539 Change of Status to F, J, or M visa status

• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization for F-1, OPT, and J exchange visitors

FY2025:

• Form I-539 Change or Extension of Status for E, H, L, O, P, and R dependents

• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization for additional applicants (not yet defined)

Edited April 3, 2022 by millefleur

[Mike20090622 45]

10 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Seems it only applies to the following:

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/uscis-to-expand-premium-processing

 

The new classifications of petitions and applications that will be eligible for premium processing will be phased in as follows:

FY2022:

• Form I-140 EB-1 Multinational Manager

• Form I-140, EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW)

• Form I-539 Change of Status to F, J, or M visa status

• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization for F-1, OPT, and J exchange visitors

FY2025:

• Form I-539 Change or Extension of Status for E, H, L, O, P, and R dependents

• Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization for additional applicants (not yet defined)

Why don’t they provide such services to all visas?

[millefleur 5,046]

21 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

Why don’t they provide such services to all visas?

No idea. It seems in terms of national interest, bringing skilled foreign workers is maybe viewed as higher priority than family based petitions? That's my only guess.

[JeanneAdil 6,497]

30 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

Why don’t they provide such services to all visas?

spouse and fiancee visas always take more work ,  more documents ,  more clearances as they are immigrant visas for permanent US residency 

 

some visas do not even require a medical exam such as:

Nonimmigrant visa applicants, applying with DOS; and nonimmigrants seeking change/extension of status while in the United States^[5]

 

so, less work for USCIS per visa type and more money and they like money

 

from chart on site 

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3

[SalishSea 17,820]

38 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

Why don’t they provide such services to all visas?

Because everyone would pay for it, resulting in no net change in the processing times.

[Mike20090622 45]

20 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Because everyone would pay for it, resulting in no net change in the processing times.

They can hire more people then, here America citizens involved and they put foreigners on top of America citizens and it doesn’t make any sense. 

[Boiler 45,478]

Follow the money

[Mike20090622 45]

I would make other plans if I know k visa takes song long, it said 6-8 months, I tried to buy a townhouse in last November and signed the contract but my fiancé not liked it so I quit after the home inspection, my rental lease will expire in June and I hope she can come by then and she said we look at houses together and now the mortgage rates skyrocketed 

 

Edited April 3, 2022 by Mike20090622

[SalishSea 17,820]

14 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

I would make other plans if I know k visa takes song long, it said 6-8 months, I tried to buy a townhouse in last November and signed the contract but my fiancé not liked it so I quit after the home inspection, my rental lease will expire in June and I hope she can come by then and she said we look at houses together and now the mortgage rates skyrocketed 

 

Had you asked before filing, we would have overwhelmingly recommended the CR-1.

[Mike20090622 45]

9 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Had you asked before filing, we would have overwhelmingly recommended the CR-1.

I used rapid visa as my agent and they told me K visa is always faster than CR-1

[Boiler 45,478]

3 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

I used rapid visa as my agent and they told me K visa is always faster than CR-1

Sadly many on here have had issues with Rapid Visa

[SalishSea 17,820]

14 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:

I used rapid visa as my agent and they told me K visa is always faster than CR-1

That was the case years ago.  Not in 2022.