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.