My company's lawyer says that premium processing applicants receive their confirmation e-mail in the next few weeks IF they were selected. Regular processing should be notified by post late May/early June.
Last year I was selected in the lottery and was not approved until late August when the company decided to pay for the premium processing since the attorney's estimates were that it would be adjudicated in January/17.
I had a friend selected in the same lottery, but with no premium processed and his approval came indeed in January/17.
This year it seems that there is no premium processing so everybody is in the same boat and the wait COULD be long.
Another friend that applied this year has been selected in the lottery and is waiting for the adjudication of the process.
Nah that's not true. New applications are due in late April usually, and valid assuming you win the lottery, you can start at the beginning of the new USICS fiscal year in October. You can prep the paperwork in a week or two if you want. 6-7 months should suffice, and thats assuming you are selected. With premium processing you should know within what 2 weeks of submission? Not sure how premium processing works with the lottery.
From the way I understand it cases with premium processing should here back until May 11. From what I've heard, others "before October" (one company doing consulting for H-1Bs expects these until August 15).
What's your estimate for current processing times of NIW EB2 applications and what are the chances of that getting premium processing for applications in the coming months?
There's so much variation right now but we are seeing - even without premium processing - much faster adjudication of I-140 NIW petitions, shorting the process by 6+ months. My feeling is that before the end of 2023 premium processing will be available for all I-140 NIW petitions, not just those that have been pending for a while.
They're definitely working through the list: I was on the waiting list since August/September and I just got an invite last week. (Received my debit card in the mail yesterday, too.)
For anyone who applies before the end of this weekend, we'll be in touch by mid-week next week with decisions on next steps in the process. Final decisions should be made about 1.5-2 weeks after that. We'll move equally quickly for applications that come in next week through to the April 14 deadline.
I am in a similar position with a priority date of June 2022 and have been current sin Jan 1. I would love to hear Peter's advice here. The endless checking of the application status is tough.
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