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20 lut 2024 · The US Senate has announced a new bipartisan agreement that brings relief to H-1B visa holders and their families. The plan includes automatic work authorization for H-4 visa holders, protections for aging-out children, increased green cards, and expanded work authorizations for other visa holders.
7 kwi 2022 · H-4 Work Authorization Act. This bill provides automatic employment authorization to a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) admitted into the United States as a spouse of an H-1B visa holder (a nonimmigrant worker who is in a special occupation or a fashion model).
11 lis 2021 · On November 10, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached a settlement with major implications for L-2 and H-4 spouse work permits. The settlement has successfully changed longstanding immigration policy and means H-4 and L-2 spouses can now more easily obtain and renew their employment.
11 lis 2021 · USCIS has agreed to allow continued work authorization for certain H-4 EAD applicants based on a pending application. USCIS also has agreed to allow work authorization for L-2 spouses without requiring an actual EAD work permit.
27 lut 2024 · The announcement, made on February 3, 2024, indicates that under a new National Security Agreement, around 100,000 work authorizations will be issued to the spouses and children of foreign H-1B visa holders (spouses and children hold H-4 visas). These work permits will be granted automatically.
7 kwi 2022 · Data via the congress project. Apr 7, 2022. H.R. 7442 (117th). To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization to certain alien spouses, and for other purposes.
2 gru 2021 · As of November 12, 2021, USCIS has updated its I-9 Handbook and is allowing certain automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Document (EAD) cards for H-4, L-2, and E-1 Dependent, E-2 Dependent, or E-3 Dependent (“E dependent”) visa holders.
