New USCIS regulations for work-related categories
Nov 30th 2016, 11:48 pm
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New USCIS regulations for work-related categories
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-201...2016-27540.pdf
Fair bit of stuff in there, basically provides for more flexibility and they've taken a lot of their policies and put them into regulations. Which in a way is a double-edged sword, because it's clearer, but there's less ability to fudge. E.g. the ten-day grace period before you start work - now it definitely is ten days, no question. And the "how long can I stay if I lose my job" question is now answered, i.e. 60 days. (But it's still ten days from the end of your status).
A lot of it relates to Indians who have to wait forever for a visa number once their I-140 is approved, to make their lives easier.
And they've come up with an official way of fudging gaps in processing paperwork by having a procedure for issuing a one-year EAD.
You can use an expired EAD and an I-797 on I-9.
Etc.
Fair bit of stuff in there, basically provides for more flexibility and they've taken a lot of their policies and put them into regulations. Which in a way is a double-edged sword, because it's clearer, but there's less ability to fudge. E.g. the ten-day grace period before you start work - now it definitely is ten days, no question. And the "how long can I stay if I lose my job" question is now answered, i.e. 60 days. (But it's still ten days from the end of your status).
A lot of it relates to Indians who have to wait forever for a visa number once their I-140 is approved, to make their lives easier.
And they've come up with an official way of fudging gaps in processing paperwork by having a procedure for issuing a one-year EAD.
You can use an expired EAD and an I-797 on I-9.
Etc.
