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Lockbox for regular processing, Service Center for premium processing: Yes, via e-Filing (for some categories) Employment-based visas (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3) (with path to Lawful Permanent Resident status). Note: This form is eligible for Premium Processing Service: I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant [33]
Form I-140 is required for EB categories EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3. For EB-4 and EB-5, Forms I-360 and I-526 are used, respectively. These categories were introduced as part of the Immigration Act of 1990. The following is a list of all of the reasons (also known as petition types) for filing Form I-140. [1] [2]
Premium Processing Service is an optional premium service offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to individuals and/or employers filing Form I-129 (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker), Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker), Form I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status- currently available to those applying for F, M or J status only) or Form ...
The EB-1 visa (or, colloquially, "Einstein visa") is a preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency.It is intended for "priority workers". Those are foreign nationals who either have "extraordinary abilities", or are "outstanding professors or researchers", and also includes "some executives and managers of foreign companies who are transferred to the U
If an immigrant visa number is available, the USCIS will allow "concurrent filing": it will accept forms I-140 and I-485 submitted in the same package or will accept form I-485 even before the approval of the I-140. Consular processing – this is an alternative to AOS, but still requires the immigrant visa petition to be completed. Prior to ...
This depends on the service center and the adjudicating officer assigned by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to each petition. As of January 2023, petitioners may, for an extra fee, request Premium Processing for I-140 NIW petitions, under which a decision to either approve, deny, issue a Request for Evidence , or issue a ...
A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center ... A sectional center facility routes mail between local post offices, ... (140-143, 147 ...
The National Visa Center (NVC) is a center that is part of the U.S. Department of State that plays the role of holding United States immigrant visa petitions (as well as Form I-129F petitions for K-1/K-3 visas) approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services until an immigrant visa number becomes available for the petition, at which point it arranges for the visa applicant(s ...