U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that as of September 25, 2006, it began accepting Premium Processing requests for I-140 filings for EB-1 outstanding professors and researchers, EB-2 members of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability not seeking a National Interest Waiver, and EB-3 workers other than skilled workers and professionals. The press release is available on the USCIS website at: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/newsrels/PremProc092206PR.pdf

If you are in the process of filing or have filed an I-140 petition for a Professional or Skilled Worker who falls under one of the above-named visa categories, and are interested in premium processing to speed the adjudication of the petition, please contact us.