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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is working through a backlog of premium processing requests that were submitted before the program was temporarily suspended April 3. In some cases, processing fees have been returned because the agency was unable to process petitions within 15 days.
Key Points:
BAL Analysis: It remains unclear how long USCIS will take to process cases for which it has returned premium processing fees, though the agency said such cases will continue to be prioritized. Those with case-specific questions should contact their BAL attorney.
This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice group. For additional information, please contact BerryApplemanLeiden@bal.com.
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