USCIS cut the validity of Employment Authorization Documents from five years to eighteen months to allow more frequent background checks and tighten security. The change affects refugees, people ...

USCIS has drastically cut work permit validity for asylum-seekers from five years to 18 months. Learn who is affected and the administration's reasoning.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration recently announced new restrictions for immigrants, reducing the work authorization periods from five years to 18 months, the latest crackdown on legal ...

The Trump administration has tightened immigration policy by reducing the length of Employment Authorization Documents for refugees, asylum seekers, and those awaiting adjustment of status to a ...

This change will also result in an increase in the overall number of EAD renewal applications filed with USCIS, which is ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its Policy Manual to reduce the maximum validity period for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) for certain categories of aliens.

The maximum validity period for both initial and renewal of EADs, otherwise known as work permits, has been reduced.

The Trump administration has significantly reduced the validity of work permits for immigrants, including those awaiting ...

We are updating guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens who are ...