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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will resume premium processing[1] for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions beginning on Monday, January 28, 2019. This will include petitions that are eligible for the master’s cap advanced degree exemption.
Premium processing helps to
Any petitioner who receives a request for evidence (RFE) for pending FY 2019 cap petitions should include their RFE response along with any request for premium processing that they may submit.
The temporary suspension[2] of premium processing for all other categories of H-1B petitions to which it applies remains in effect.
[1] https://www.uscis.gov/forms/how-do-i-use-premium-processing-service
[2] https://www.uscis.gov/news/uscis-extends-and-expands-suspension-premium-processing-h-1b-petitions-reduce-delays