Nuances of PERM

[Attorney_22]

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[@SJ]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address automatic extension of employment authorization for certain H-4, E, and L nonimmigrant dependent spouses. USCIS is also rescinding the 2002 Legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum entitled, “Guidance on Employment Authorization for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses. I am on L2 visa, want to start my job again. When can this policy are going to take place ? So that I can start work without EAD.

[Attorney_22]

On 11/19/2021 at 4:29 PM, @SJ said:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address automatic extension of employment authorization for certain H-4, E, and L nonimmigrant dependent spouses. USCIS is also rescinding the 2002 Legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum entitled, “Guidance on Employment Authorization for E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses. I am on L2 visa, want to start my job again. When can this policy are going to take place ? So that I can start work without EAD.

You can find your answer here: https://www.murthy.com/2021/11/22/changes-to-work-authorization-for-e-l-2-and-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses/