The Biden administration on Tuesday released a final rule expanding a program that allows applicants for various employment-related immigration benefits to pay up to $2,500 to speed up the process, in a bid to ease massive backlogs at the agency.
from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services extends the existing "premium processing" service to applications for an Employment Authorization Document, which allows recipients to work in the U.S. while they seek asylum or other legal status.. The process typically takes five to seven months, leaving many immigrants unable to support themselves and their families in the meantime.
USCIS said it plans to phase in the expansion so that it will not negatively impact applicants who do not pay a premium fee. The backlog at USCIS grew tolast month as the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing bottleneck at the agency. The agency also said it will have to hire and train new staff to expand premium processing in line with the new rule, which it plans to pay for using revenue from current applications for premium processing.
USCIS is funded primarily through the fees paid by applicants for various immigration benefits. The agency on Tuesday estimated it would collect an additional $9.7 million in fees per year under the new rule.
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