Today the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that premium processing service for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap petitions would be temporarily suspended. As with past years, USCIS will resume premium processing in two phases. USCIS will initially resume premium processing for FY2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting a change of status from F-1 nonimmigrant status no later than May 27, 2020, and will notify the public before premium processing resumes for these petitions. The earliest date that USCIS will resume premium processing for all other FY2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions is June 29, 2020. At this time, USCIS has confirmed that premium processing remains available for all other cap-exempt H-1B petitions, such as extension of stay requests.
D&S will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available.