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United States of America: Temporary suspension of the premium-processing service for certain visa petitions by employers

Announcement

20 Mar 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services suspended its premium processing of certain H-1B visa petitions for employers that wished to request faster processing of certain employment-based petitions and applications.

 

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2

0 certainly harmful

2 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

10 Oct 2018

Revocation date:

19 Feb 2019

Updated: 20 Mar 2018
Labour market access

On August 28, 2018 USCIS extended the previously announced temporary suspension, and expanded this temporary suspension to include certain additional H-1B petitions. The agency said that it expecte...

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Implementation date

02 Apr 2018

Revocation date:

10 Sep 2018

Updated: 20 Mar 2018
Labour market access

On March 20, 2018 U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) announced a suspension in its premium processing of certain H-1B visa petitions. An H-1B visa allows employers to employ foreign...

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