A new USCIS regulation intended to ease restrictions on job mobility for foreign workers awaiting employment-based permanent residence took effect on 17th January 2017. The new rule also establishes grace periods for non-immigrant workers before and after their employment, and provides automatic work authorization extensions to adjustment applicants and certain other classes of foreign nationals who have timely filed for renewal of an employment authorization document (EAD).
US: Extension of work authorization now available to H-1B1s and E-3s with timely-filed application to extend a stay
Chilean and Singaporean H-1B1 and Australian E-3 non-immigrants who are being sponsored for an extension of their stay will benefit from extended work authorization benefits.
The extension of work authorization is available through a new regulation that was published on January 15, 2016 and is now in effect.
USA: USCIS to provide extension of work authorization to H-1B1s and E-3s with timely-filed application to extend a stay
USCIS will soon provide extended work authorization benefits to Chilean and Singaporean H-1B1 and Australian E-3 non-immigrants who are being sponsored for an extension of their stay, under a final rule that will be published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2016. The regulation will also update evidence requirements for EB-1 outstanding professor or researcher petitions. The rule – which has been in development for several years – will take effect on February 14, 2016.