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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that starting Monday, Oct. 19, its fees will increase for the expedited “premium processing” service. The announcement follows a stop-gap budget resolution signed into law Oct. 1 that enacted changes to premium processing to address ongoing USCIS budget issues.
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Background: Premium processing is an optional expedited service for an additional fee that guarantees a response from USCIS within 15 days. The budget resolution also requires USCIS to expand premium processing to additional petition types. The agency has not yet announced how it will expand premium processing to the additional designated categories. Today’s announcement states that USCIS is not yet taking that action.
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