USCIS should share more details on how the premium processing will work for H4, L2, and F extension cases when the biometric is an important step in the middle. Similarly, the biometric appointment will also be a major hurdle in the H4/L2 extension’s premium timeline.H4 and L2 extension’s premium processing timer will not start until the primary’s H1B or L1 extension has been approved.The clever part is that the premium processing timeline will not start until all the prerequisite steps for approving an application are completed. Biometric Appointment in Premium Processing Cases? The fee will vary from $1500 to $2500 for other types of applications. The new H1B and L1 premium fee will be $2500. Change of status applications like F1 to H4 or vice versa, H1B to H4 COS, and other such combinations will have premium processing service.All EB1, EB2, and EB3 i-140 including EB-1C multinational executives and managers, and EB-2 national interest waivers can now get the result faster by paying a premium fee.i539, i-765 (EAD) – Employment-based primary and their dependents like H1B and L1 dependents.These are their internal goals which are quite ambitious given the current pathetic situation. They aim to reach these goals by end of 2023 which itself is about 1.5 years away. USCIS has shared a new term called ‘cycle time’ publicly today which is a metric that they track internally in their service centers. At this time, many people just file an EAD lawsuit court case which itself costs about $3-4k. We know that almost all H4 EAD applicants are eagerly waiting for it as they just want to save their hard-earned jobs even if they have to pay an extra fee for the approvals within 6 months. Basically, the outdated immigration system is forcing you to spend the money either by paying a premium fee or paying lawyers for filing court cases. Until the fiscal year 2025 which starts on Oct 1, 2024, the only viable option would be filing the mandamus lawsuits to make USCIS work for timely approving EADs. They have to now wait for another 3 years to see any daylight.
The Indian H4 EAD spouses are the ones losing their job due to extreme processing delays. USCIS has once again shown that the priority is EB1 and not EB2 or EB3 categories.The EB1 Green card category is current anyway and hence the applicants do not really need it immediately.To add salt to injury, the premium processing will be started immediately for EB1C i140 and EB2-NIW. They take 2 years to reach the final rule stage and will take another 3 years to finally start implementing it. This shows how difficult it is to move the dinosaur named USCIS. As per the final rule published (), USCIS will NOT be able to start premium processing for H4 and H4 EAD until.
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