USCIS final rule amending the DHS premium processing regulations to codify those fees set by the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, and to establish new premium processing fees and timeframes for new immigration benefit requests, consistent with that act. The rule will be effective on 5/31/22. The availability of premium processing for newly designated immigration benefit requests will be implemented in a phased approach and will be announced by USCIS. Comments on associated proposed revisions to Form I-907 will be accepted until 5/31/22; non-substantive changes will also be required to Forms I-129, I-140, I-539, and I-765. (87 FR 18227, 3/30/22)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[CIS No. 2688–21; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 2021–0011]
Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Final rule.