Homeland Security Today

USCIS Increases Employment Authorization Document Validity Period for Certain Categories

We are updating guidance in the Policy Manual to increase the maximum validity period to 5 years for initial and renewal Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain noncitizens who are ...
Forbes

Immigration Rule On Work Authorization Expected To Disrupt Businesses

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. A new immigration rule ending the automatic extension of ...
JD Supra

Critical Policy Change Alert: DHS Ends Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an interim final rule, effective October 30, 2025, ending the agency's longstanding practice of automatically extending the validity of ...
JD Supra

DHS Publishes Interim Final Rule to Eliminate Auto-Extensions for Certain Timely Filed Extensions of Employment Authorization Documents

On October 30, 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating auto-extension for a number of Employment Authorization Documents (EAD). Because ...