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United States reveals 1.5-year extension for some expiring immigrant work licenses

US announces 1.5-year extension for some ending immigrant work allows

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has actually announced an automatic extension of expiring work licenses for certain categories of immigrants, consisting of those seeking green cards and partners of H-1B visa holders who get work authorisation cards(EAD ), for a year and a half. The relocation, announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, is likely to benefit thousands of Indian immigrants. The extension period of as much as 180 days will automatically be extended to as much as 540 days from the expiration date specified on the existing EADs, the Department of Homeland Security stated. “As USCIS(US Citizenship and Immigration Services)works to resolve the pending EADcaseloads, the company has figured out that the current 180-day automated extension for work authorisation is currently inadequate,”stated USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou.”This momentary guideline will supply those non-citizens, otherwise eligible for the automatic extension, a chance to maintain work and supply vital
support for their households, while avoiding more disturbance for US companies,” he stated. According to USCIS, non-citizens with a pending EAD renewal application whose 180-day automatic extension has lapsed and whose EAD has ended will be granted an additional duration of work authorisation and EAD validity beginning May 4, 2022, and lasting approximately 540 days from the expiration date of their EAD. They might resume employment if they are still within the
approximately 540-day automatic extension duration and are otherwise eligible. Non-citizens with a pending renewal application still covered under the 180-day automatic extension will be approved an extra extension of as much as 360 days, for an overall of up to 540 days past the expiration of the
current EAD. Non-citizens with a pending renewal application and a legitimate EAD on May 4, 2022, or who prompt file an EAD renewal application before October 27, 2023, will be given an automated extension of up to 540 days if their EAD expires before the renewal application is processed.”The modification will instantly assist about 87,000 immigrants whose work authorisation has actually lapsed or is set to in the next one month.
Overall, the government estimates that as many as 4,20,000 immigrants renewing work permits will be secured from losing their capability to work for the duration of the policy, “Indian-American community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria informed PTI.
The policy is meant to attend to the unmatched backlog of 1.5 million work license applications at the country’s legal immigration agency, leaving tens of thousands not able to work legally and worsening labour lacks. Inviting the modification in policy, Bhutoria said this is fantastic news for employers as the majority of companies are facing staffing problems and will now have the ability to keep their eligible workers.”This policy modification enables employers to continue their workers and qualified immigrants to work on expired documents for up to 540 days, instead of 180. That implies even the tens of thousands of individuals past their 180-day window have as much as another year of work authorisation as of Wednesday,”he said.”This is the ideal step in the direction to minimize the visa processing stockpile,” he said. Released at Tue, 03 May 2022 23:24:06 +0000

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