USCIS Announces 2-Year EAD Issuance Beginning From 06/30/2008 !!!

Two-Year EAD

The new two-year EAD is only available to individuals who have filed application for Permanent Residence (I-485), and filed for EAD, but are unable to become an LPR because an immigrant visa number is not currently available.

How will USCIS DECIDE?

USCIS will decide whether to renew an EAD for either a one or two year validity period based on the most recent Department of State Visa Bulletin.

For applicants who have an available immigrant visa number, USCIS will continue to grant EADs that is valid for one-year. USCIS may issue a two-year renewal EAD if the applicant’s immigrant visa availability date retrogresses after the Form I-485 is filed.


Implementation

USCIS expects to implement this initiative for cases pending on June 30, 2008. H1B Applicants filing Form I-765 should begin to receive their two-year EAD a couple of weeks after the anticipated June 30, 2008 implementation date.


Please see attached USCIS update & FAQ’s.


http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1213101513448.shtm


The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced on 06/09/2008 that the DHS would start issuing two-year EAD beginning from end of June 2008 for the I-485 filers.

"I'm also pleased to announce that we will be extending the validity period of the employment authorization documents that we issue to individuals who are waiting adjustment of status to lawful permit resident or in colloquial phrase, the green card. Currently, adjustment applications are granted employment authorization documents with only a one year maximum validity. Beginning later this month, we'll start issuing these documents with a two-year validity period for aliens who are waiting adjustment of status if their application is expected to be pending for more than a year. This, again, is eliminating a persistent source of frustration for workers who are here, who have a pending adjustment application but have to go and renew their employment documents every single year. It's going to cut the paperwork there."

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