Overview U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented major changes to Employment Authorization Document (EAD) policies. These updates end the automatic 540‑day extension for most ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration recently announced new restrictions for immigrants, reducing the work authorization periods from five years to 18 months, the latest crackdown on legal ...

Please see the below guidance on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS”) recent settlement and policy changes regarding work authorization for L-2, H-4, and E visa spouses. The changes ...

The Trump administration has enacted significant policy changes impacting individuals authorized to work under various immigration programs, ...

We are updating guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens who are ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul took a victory lap as she revealed Wednesday that all eligible migrants outside New York City have applied for work authorization — but she couldn’t say how many have actually been ...

Ken Cuccinelli, the former acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, delivered a sharp rebuke of the ...

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Department of Homeland Security’s regulation that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, a significant victory for highly skilled foreign-born ...

Re: Comments in Response to Eligibility for Employment Authorization Based on a Pending Asylum Application, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2019-0011 To whom it may concern, Human Rights Watch respectfully ...

A day after raising the prospect of the state issuing work permits to asylum-seekers if the federal government would not expedite work authorization, Gov. Kathy Hochul said that she is “looking at ...

J-2 visa holders (dependents of J-1 visa holders) are eligible to apply for work authorization from USCIS upon arrival to the US. In general, a J-2 dependent can apply for work authorization by ...