The U.S. March 21 announced the suspension of premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions for the fiscal year 2019.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the temporary suspension would help reduce the “overall H-1B visa processing time.” The H-1B petition filing is for the fiscal year 2019 beginning Oct. 1, 2018.
“We will notify the public before resuming premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions or making any other premium processing updates,” the federal agency said.