26 Feb

DHS Extends Eligibility for Employment Authorization to Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses

Are you one of those H-1B employees whose employer has filed an I-140 petition on your behalf, and the I-140 has been approved, but you are not yet eligible for a greencard due to backlogs? Do you have a spouse in H4 status who is unable to work? Well, the good news is that beginning May 26, 2015, your H4 spouse can apply for employment authorization!! Please feel free to call us to verify if this new rule applies to you. You can read more at:

http://www.uscis.gov/news/dhs-extends-eligibility-employment-authorization-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses-h-1b-nonimmigrants-seeking-employment-based-lawful-permanent-residence