Item: Law Offices of Jacob J. Sapochnick
Rating: 5
Author: Plinio Franca

September 2006

USCIS Announces Expansion of I140 Premium Processing Service

September 27, 2006 - The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday, September 22, 2006 that the Premium Processing Program (PPP) for I-140 petitions filed by employers will expand as of Monday, September 25, 2006 to certain additional employment-based (EB) categories. Three new EB categories will be eligible for premium processing, as explained below. Premium processing for I-140 petitions was initially introduced on August 28, 2006. It was limited to EB3 cases, however, and excluded EB3 "other worker" cases. As of September 25, 2006, premium processing will become available to the following additional categories of candidates who were eligible to file I-140 petitions for the immigrant petition. The expansion includes certain cases that fit within the following employment-based categories, commonly referred to as the EB1, EB2, and EB3 categories. EB1 for Outstanding Professors and Researchers EB2 for Advanced Degree professionals/ Persons of Exceptional Ability (but not National Interest Waiver cases) EB3 for "Other Workers" (unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years of work experience to perform the job) With this recent expansion of the I-140 petitions for premium processing, all I-140 categories will be eligible for premium processing, with the exception of EB1 (Extraordinary Ability and Multinational Executive or Transferee) and EB2 (National Interest Waiver) cases.

At our law firm, we have already witnessed that the I-140 PPP has been successfully working for EB3 cases over the last month or so. Even regulary filed cases of I140 petitions have been approved in less than 2 months. Our recent case was pending for merely 4 weeks. Click here for more information on employment based visas.

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Great immigration lawyer, very professional, knowledgeable and experienced. Jacob always answered my questions, e-mails and calls; great customer service from him and everybody at his office. I highly recommend Jacob, probably the best immigration lawyer out there. Plinio Franca

I trust you know how much all of us at the Spreckels Organ Society appreciate your incredible generosity in providing legal assistance with the visas required by the international artists last year during our International Summer Organ Festival. We consider it an honor that you and your firm provided this service, and were delighted to publicize your firm in our concert materials. George H.

That's good news on the approval of our 3 executive L1A visas. You fought a tough RFE, but we won. We are pleased to be working with you. KB is also bringing passports tomorrow again to the US Embassy in Tashkent for visa processing. We look forward to his arrival to the US. Sarvar

I wanted to thank again and again for obtaining my E1 Treaty Trader visa for me. The process was not easy, especially since our trade was all based on Technology. You knew the law, and was able to craft an outstanding file to be presented to Immigration. We are now ready to take the business to the next level. Toda Raba

Thanks for helping me with my marriage-based immigration case. You were very accessible - taking my calls, returning my messages and emails promptly. You answered all my questions. I was most impressed and relieved that you attended the immigration interview with me and my wife. You made the whole process streamline and simple. You really know your stuff, and you're a nice, friendly guy as well. Shane P.

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