The U.S. Immigration Service suspended the expedited applications of I- 129 and I- 140.

# US Immigration # Introduction Following the suspension of all public contact services, including personal biometric collection, interview and naturalization oath, the US Immigration Bureau issued a new announcement on March 20, local time, announcing that all urgent processing services for I- 129 and I- 140 applications will be suspended from now on. As for the date of resuming the expedited trial, it will be notified separately according to the epidemic situation. Let's take a look at the relevant information, welcome to read!

Article 1 The US Immigration Service suspends the expedited applications of I- 129 and I- 140.

According to the announcement of the Immigration Bureau, although the Immigration Bureau will no longer accept new I-907 expedited applications from March 20, the expedited applications received before this date will continue to be processed according to the original expedited review standards. However, if the applicant has submitted Form I- 129 and Form I- 140 through expedited application, but fails to complete the trial within 15 days, the Immigration Bureau will refund the expedited application fee of $65,438+$0,440. In addition, for expedited applications sent before March 20 but not accepted by the Immigration Bureau before March 20, the Immigration Bureau will also refuse the expedited trial and refund the expedited application fee.

Common visa categories affected by the above suspension and expedited applications include non-immigrant visas such as H- 1B, E-2, L- 1, O- 1, and professional immigrant visas such as EB- 1, EB-2 and EB-3. According to the current processing time of the Immigration Bureau (non-expedited processing), the average processing period for professional immigrants is 5.5-7.5 months for I- 140, 7.5-9.5 months for L- 1 visa, and 2-4 months for H- 1B visa, which is still relatively fast. In addition, because professional immigrants have a waiting time for visas, the suspension of expedited trials has little impact on these applicants.

For non-immigrant visa applicants, such as L- 1 visa and H- 1B visa, unless there is an urgent need to land in the United States through this visa, the impact will not be too great. For example, an applicant who needs to submit an L- 1A visa in the near future may need to adjust the original plan, because there is no expedited L- 1A visa. If it needs to be supplemented, the approval period may take nearly one year, which is much longer than the original estimate of 15 days. If these applicants have arranged a follow-up trip to accompany their children to school, they must carefully consider and re-plan the submission time to decide whether to submit the documents now or wait until the Immigration Bureau reopens the expedited application channel.

Extended reading: American immigration application fee

The following are the specific investment cost requirements of the government:

I. Application I-526

The Immigration Bureau announced an increase in the fees for immigration naturalization applications and other related procedures. Among them, the application fee for I-526 increased from the original 1500 USD to 3675 USD.

Second, the NVC visa fee

400 dollars per person, which is the fee that the investor I-526 will pay to the National Visa Center of the United States after being approved. Applicable to investors who are in China and need to go to the Guangzhou Consulate for an interview. Require investors and their families to pay.

Three. I-485 application

This fee will only be used when the investor is in the United States and needs to change his identity. After the fee is increased, the application fee for I-485 is 1 140 USD per person; The fee for applicants under 14 is $750.

Fourth, the medical examination fee

In the designated physical examination hospitals in China, it is RMB for adults in 900 yuan and RMB for children in 600 yuan.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) I-829 Application

Three months before the expiration of the conditional green card, investors should submit an I-829 application to cancel the conditions, and the fee is $3,750 per person.

Sixth, fingerprints

The biometric service fee announced by the Immigration Bureau is $85 per person, which is still the same as before.

Seven. Immigration fee of immigration bureau

The latest immigration fee has risen from the original $65,438+$065 to $220. The Immigration Bureau will use this fee to process the investor's immigrant visa package and make a green card. The main applicant and many family members who immigrated together need to pay this fee through the internet as soon as they get the immigrant visa, otherwise it may delay the time to get the green card.