The phase-wise premium processing will begin on March 6 for sure classes and from April 3 for some others.

“The provision of premium processing for sure F-1 college students, along with the convenience of on-line submitting, will streamline the immigration expertise for an important many worldwide college students,” USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou mentioned in an announcement.

“The continuing growth of on-line submitting is a precedence for USCIS as we proceed to create operational efficiencies and enhance entry to the immigration system for stakeholders, candidates, petitioners, requestors, and people we serve.”

The immigration company can even reject premium processing requests for an preliminary or concurrently filed Kind I-765 that’s acquired earlier than April 3.

Ajay Bhutoria, group chief determine preventing for truthful immigration insurance policies, has welcomed the announcement.

“That is nice information for international college students who’ve been dealing with lengthy wait occasions for his or her OPT approvals. USCIS’s announcement is predicted to supply welcome aid to F-1 college students who’re searching for to acquire employment authorisation in the USA,” Bhutoria informed PTI.

“USCIS will now settle for Kind I-907 requests filed both through paper kind or on-line for sure F-1 college students who’ve a pending Kind I-765. This contains these submitting beneath pre-completion OPT, post-completion OPT and 24-month extension of OPT for STEM college students,” he mentioned.

Premium processing phase-wise growth:

March 6: Kind I-907 requests for sure F-1 college students who have already got a pending Kind I-765 if they’re submitting beneath one of many following classes:

• (c)(3)(A) – Pre-Completion OPT;
• (c)(3)(B) – Publish-Completion OPT; and
• (c)(3)(C) – 24-Month Extension of OPT for STEM college students.

April 3: Kind I-907 requests for F-1 college students within the above classes when filed along with Kind I-765.