On October 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a rule to adjust the premium processing service (PPS) fee from $1,410 to $1,440. Under this new rule, all requests for PPS postmarked on or after December 2, 2019, must include the new fee. This fee adjustment is not accompanied by any form changes and is being increased “to reflect the full amount of inflation from the institution of the [PPS] fee in June 2001 through August 2019 according to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).” According to DHS, this increased fee may help to prevent future interruptions or suspensions to PPS such as those affecting H-1B cap cases in 2018 and 2019.
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