Earlier this year theUSCIS proposeda rule that, if enacted will allow H-4 spouses to file for work authorization. The rule, if passed as drafted, will allowH-4 spouses of H-1B holders to obtain EAD employment authorization.
Under the law, whena new rule such as this is proposed, the USCIS must give the public 60 days tocomment on the proposed rule. Thatcomment period ended on Friday July 11. TheUSCIS will now sort through the comments. Computerworld notes that adoption of the proposedrule is “all but assured.” The timing ofthe “assured” approval is unknown at this time.
The Computerworld article has an interestingdiscussion about the types of comments that have been received and how anautomated tool can mine the comments for trends. For instance, out of 6,035 non-uniquecomments, “453 were exact duplicates of 10 different comments.”