{"id":12178,"date":"2023-06-16T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/?p=12178"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:48:46","slug":"uscis-expands-premium-processing-for-applicants-seeking-to-change-into-f-m-or-j-nonimmigrant-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/?p=12178","title":{"rendered":"USCIS Expands Premium Processing For Applicants Seeking to Change into F, M Or J Nonimmigrant Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-12178\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-12178-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-12178-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-12178-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>On June 12, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/alerts\/uscis-expands-premium-processing-for-applicants-seeking-to-change-into-f-m-or-j-nonimmigrant-status\"> announced the expansion of premium processing<\/a> for applicants filing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-539\"> Form I-539, Application to Extend\/Change Nonimmigrant Status<\/a>, and seeking a change of status to F-1, F-2, M-1, M-2, J-1, or J-2 nonimmigrant status.<\/p>\n<p><b>What is Premium Processing?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Premium processing for the above status changes is a fee-based service that expedites the application processing to within 30 days of receipt. The fee is currently $1,750, and requires the submission of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-907\"> Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service<\/a>. This is in addition to regular I-539 application fees.<\/p>\n<p><b>When will it be available for change-of-status applicants to F-1, F-2, M-1, M-2, J-1 or J-2 nonimmigrant status?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Beginning June 13, 2023, USCIS will accept I-907 requests filed <b>for applicants with pending I-539 applications<\/b> (i.e., I-539 was submitted before this date).<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Beginning June 26, 2023, USCIS will accept I-907 requests filed <b>with I-539 applications<\/b> (i.e., I-539 and I-907 are submitted together from this date forward).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> The I-907 must be submitted <b>the same way<\/b> as the I-539 (i.e., both mailed in paper form, or both submitted online).<\/p>\n<p>For complete details,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/alerts\/uscis-expands-premium-processing-for-applicants-seeking-to-change-into-f-m-or-j-nonimmigrant-status\"> read the full USCIS announcement with related links here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 12, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the expansion of premium processing for applicants filing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36,90,1,67,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f-1","category-immigration","category-j-1","category-news","category-uscis","category-visa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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