March 12, 2019
As of today, March 12th, USCIS is no longer restricting Premium Processing Service for any H-1B petitions. All H-1B petitions are again eligible to be filed with a Request for Premium Processing Service, and all pending H-1B petitions are again eligible to be upgraded to Premium Processing.
USCIS had previously placed restrictions on Premium Processing Service for all cap-subject H-1B petitions filed in April 2018. They subsequently expanded that restriction to additional categories of H-1B petition in September 2018. All such restrictions have now been lifted.
In their announcement, USCIS provided guidance for how to ensure that Premium Processing upgrade requests are processed successfully, including:
USCIS provided the below chart to help determine how to address and mail upgrade requests:
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Nebraska Service Center | USPS:
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Vermont Service Center | USPS, FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
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