USCIS Extends Employment to Some H-4s!

USCIS today announced that, effective May 26, certain H-4’s would be eligible to apply for employment authorization.  Those eligible include certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who:

• Are the principal beneficiaries of an approved Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker; or
• Have been granted H-1B status under sections 106(a) and (b) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 as amended by the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. The Act permits H-1B nonimmigrants seeking lawful permanent residence to work and remain in the United States beyond the six-year limit on their H-1B status.

To read more about this, go to the USCIS website where they have the entire press statement, or click on this link.