EADs

Finally, EADs Appear Headed to Foreign Nationals with Approved Applications

By Amy L. Peck on August 11, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, EADs, Green Cards, I-9 and E-Verify, Immigration Litigation, Trump Administration, USCIS

Assuming there is no further stalling or litigation by the government, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) may finally be on their way to approximately 75,000 foreign nationals who have been waiting for them, in some cases for months, after having approved application notices in hand.

In Subramanya v. USCIS, federal District Judge Algenon L. Marbley issued…

New Filing Fees Effective October 2

By Maggie Murphy on August 4, 2020

Posted in Citizenship, COVID-19, DAPA / DACA, EADs, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, L-1A / L-1B, O-1, Temporary (Non-immigrant) Work Visas, TN / NAFTA, Trump Administration, USCIS

New USCIS filing fees will go into effect on October 2, 2020, under a new final rule published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020. This rule raises fees by a weighted average of 20% and changes the current fee structure to impose specific fees per…

Printing Debacle at USCIS: Employees, Employers Harmed by Government Failure to Print Documents

By Amy L. Peck on July 13, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, DAPA / DACA, EADs, Green Cards, I-9 and E-Verify, J-1 Trainees, L-1A / L-1B, Students / CPT / OPT / STEM, Trump Administration, USCIS

Foreign nationals with approved permanent residence applications but no actual permanent resident card (known as Green Cards) are not the only ones dealing with the printing back-up at USCIS. After deciding to bring the printing of Green Cards and all other employment authorization documents in-house, USCIS is not able to keep up with the…

Review of Trump Administration Shifting Position(s) on H-4 EAD Rule

By Amy L. Peck & Michael H. Neifach on May 14, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, EADs, H-4, Immigration Litigation, Trump Administration, USCIS

It has been five years since Save Jobs USA, a group of technology workers who claim to have been displaced by foreign nationals with H-4 EADs challenged the Obama Administration’s authority to enact the H-4 EAD Rule. In the years since that filing, the case has gone back and forth between the D.C. District Court…

USCIS Announces Temporary Relief for EAD Applicants

By Forrest G. Read IV on March 30, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, EADs, USCIS

In the first bit of relief for individuals waiting for their I-765, Applications for Employment Authorization to be adjudicated and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to be issued, USCIS announced that it will start reusing previously submitted biometrics to process I-765 renewal requests, for now.

This is a temporary accommodation until the Application Support Centers (ASC)…

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