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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers Premium Processing (Form I-907) for certain filings, which provides faster adjudication during case processing.
For eligible cases, premium processing ensures that the case will be adjudicated in 15 business days for most classifications. There are certain filings, which have different timelines for adjudication under premium processing. You can view all filings eligible for Premium Processing under the section
Premium Processing is a government upgrade offered by USCIS. This does not apply to the processing timeline for the legal team at CIP PC to prepare the filing.
Add premium processing to a case
Company users are able to add premium processing as an add on to an active case in the Envoy Global platform.
If employees are interested in adding premium processing to a case, please post a message to the legal team in the Communication Center and the team will assist with upgrading the case once they have the necessary approvals.
Premium processing can be added to a case after it's been sent to the government once the legal team receives the hard copy Receipt Notice. Employees are notified once the Receipt Notice has been received and the Receipt Number is added to the case.
If a case has premium processing added, then it will appear as an Add On in the Case Details tab of the active case.
Paying for premium processing
Premium processing fees can typically be paid for by the sponsoring employer or the employee. When premium processing is added to a case, the payer will be notified of the applicable fees to determine if they want to proceed.
Tracking a case with premium processing
The legal team generally expects to receive a confirmation email from USCIS in about 2 to 3 business days from when the premium processing upgrade is received. The legal team will post the full content of any emailed updates to the Communication Center so that everyone remains updated on the status of the case.
Please note that these confirmation emails from USCIS are a courtesy and are not guaranteed to arrive.
If a case that has had a premium processing upgrade applied receives a Request for Evidence (RFE), the Premium Processing upgrade will continue to apply to the RFE response once sent. This means that the RFE response should be adjudicated in the same premium processing timeline.