EB-1A Premium Processing in 2026: How to Get Your Green Card in Months

Short summary

EB-1A applicants with current priority dates can use premium processing ($2,965) to compress green card approval from 2+ years to ~10-15 months via concurrent I-485 filing. Standard processing takes 26-27 months; premium reduces I-140 action to 15 business days. Indian and Chinese nationals face per-country backlogs and cannot access this accelerated timeline.

• •Premium processing costs $2,965 and guarantees 15-business-day I-140 initial action
• •Current EB-1 visa availability enables concurrent I-140/I-485 filing, compressing total timeline to 10-15 months versus 2+ years
• •Indian and Chinese nationals cannot access this accelerated path due to per-country annual limits and existing backlogs

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