The Consent Order and Final Statement (Order) in Subramanya v. USCIS, the case seeking the agency’s issuance of long-delayed Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), has been signed and issued.

Under the Order, approximately 75,000 identified, delayed EADs are expected to be produced and mailed. The Order includes individuals who have EAD approval notices dated from December 1, 2019, through August 20, 2020, but who have not received their corresponding cards. In the meantime, these individuals will be permitted to use their Form I-797 approval notices to complete the Form I-9 employment verification process.

The Order sets out the specific schedule for production and mailing of the EADs as follows:

  • There are 27,829 individuals who have received I-765 approval notices. The production of their cards has been ordered. Their EAD cards should be mailed by August 28, 2020.
  • There are 17,736 individuals who have received I-765 approval notices, but the production of their cards has not been ordered. USCIS claims that is because biometrics are still required. Most of these individuals now have biometrics scheduled on or before September 4, 2020 (17 will not be scheduled until September 15, 2020, and one will not be scheduled until September 22, 2020). USCIS has agreed that these EADs will be mailed within seven business days of the biometrics capture.

Approximately 30,000 EADs were reportedly produced and mailed between July 22, 2020, the date the complaint was filed, and August 20, 2020.

USCIS has been ordered to pay $90,000 to defendants’ attorneys in settlement of all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs. The court will retain jurisdiction and receive reports on compliance until all identified EADs have been mailed.

For questions regarding the Order, please reach out to your Jackson Lewis attorney.

 

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Forrest Read is a Principal in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has extensive experience in both business immigration law and employment law and has particular focus in legal issues in graduate medical education (GME).

Mr. Read’s immigration practice…

Forrest Read is a Principal in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has extensive experience in both business immigration law and employment law and has particular focus in legal issues in graduate medical education (GME).

Mr. Read’s immigration practice focuses on assisting employers in obtaining employment-based nonimmigrant visas (e.g., H-1B, L, O, TN) for foreign national employees and work-related immigrant (green card) visas, including PERM Labor Certifications, and advising employers on compliance with U.S. immigration laws and regulations. He has broad experience in advising large, mid-size and small employers on their various immigration needs and developing strategies to help them navigate through complex immigration issues. He also has particular experience in counseling employers in the health care industry and addressing immigration-related issues that arise for their broad range of health care professional employees (including advising on and obtaining employment authorization for medical residents and fellows and obtaining J-1 visa waivers for foreign national physicians completing their medical training in the United States). His immigration practice also includes defending employers in connection with Department of Labor H-1B and H-2B investigations.

Mr. Read’s employment law experience includes representing management, particularly academic medical centers in the GME context, in a wide array of workplace disputes and litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including matters related to discrimination, retaliation, harassment, disability, family and medical leave, various wage and hour issues, contracts, and intentional torts. He advises academic medical centers on the interplay between applicable academic law and employment law and the ramifications of what are divergent legal requirements and standards. Mr. Read also provides counsel with respect to the legal impact of competency standards for residents and trainees in GME, including situations involving discipline, remediation, and dismissal. He provides advice and guidance in the peer review process, including provision of verification and assessment of training in response to third party inquiries.

As a member of the Firm’s Corporate Diversity Counseling group, Mr. Read also has experience in providing assessments and making recommendations to corporate and institutional clients with respect to diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives, conducting related internal investigations, and shaping, developing and enforcing effective policies and initiatives to ensure consistency with client values and in furtherance of business goals and objectives.

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