Alert: USCIS will resume premium processing on Monday, Jan. 28 for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (the “master’s cap”). The previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing remains in effect for all other categories of H-1B petitions to which it applied. We plan to resume premium processing for the remaining categories of H‑1B petitions as agency workloads permit. Read more here: USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Petitions.

Please note this does not include petitions filed to request change of employers, or amendments. The temporary suspension of premium processing remains in effect for these categories.