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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul took a victory lap as she revealed Wednesday that all eligible migrants outside New York City have applied for work authorization — but she couldn’t say how many have actually been ...

Major U.S. immigration policy changes in 2025 reshape visas, biometrics, work permits, citizenship tests, and security ...

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 ...

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Department of Homeland Security’s regulation that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, a significant victory for highly skilled foreign-born ...

A day after raising the prospect of the state issuing work permits to asylum-seekers if the federal government would not expedite work authorization, Gov. Kathy Hochul said that she is “looking at ...

Re: Comments in Response to Eligibility for Employment Authorization Based on a Pending Asylum Application, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2019-0011 To whom it may concern, Human Rights Watch respectfully ...

J-2 dependents are eligible to apply for work authorization to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The approval process takes anywhere from two to four months and the applicant will ...

J-2 visa holders (dependents of J-1 visa holders) are eligible to apply for work authorization from USCIS upon arrival to the US. In general, a J-2 dependent can apply for work authorization by ...