U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the fee increase for premium processing for most eligible petitions from $1,440 to $2,500, for will be effective Oct. 19, 2020.

Background
The USCIS premium processing service allows petitioners to pay an additional filing fee to expedite the adjudication of certain forms, generally within 15 days.

The fee increase rule also intended to expanded premium processing to additional forms and benefit requests, but USCIS is not yet taking that action.