TheUSCIS updated its policymanual,regarding employment authorization documents (EADs), on September 27, 2023. TheUSCIS has increased the maximum validity period for EADs issued in manycategories.
USCIS updated the maximum validity period for initial andrenewed EADs to five years for the following categories: pendingemployment-based applications for adjustment of status (green card), refugees,granted asylum, granted withholding of deportation or removal, pendingapplication for asylum or withholding of removal, and pending application forsuspension of deportation or cancellation of removal.
USCISupdated the maximum validity period for initial and renewed EADs from one yearto the end date of the authorized parole period, not to exceed 5 years, forthose paroled as refugees.
USCISalso updated its policymanual toclarify that the Form I-94 can be used as both evidence of status andemployment authorization incident to status for the following: Asylees, spousesof US citizens or children of such spouses (K-3 and K-4), victims of severeforms of trafficking in persons (T-1), spouses of E nonimmigrants (E-1S, E-2S,E-3S) with limited exceptions, spouses of L nonimmigrants (L-2S), and victimsof qualifying criminal activity (U-1) and certain qualifying family members(U-2, U-3, U-4, and U-5).
Thisguidance is effective immediately and applies to EAD applications pending orfiled on or after September 27, 2023.