Immigration Law

EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS IN ADJUSTMENT CASES TO BE VALID FOR TWO YEARS

By Greg Siskind

I'm going through the ten page transcript from yesterday's DHS press briefing on the new executive order and found this little nugget:

Secretary Chertoff: I'm also pleased to announce that we will be extending the validity period of the employment authorization documents that we issue to individuals who are waiting adjustment of status to lawful permit residence or as its colloquially phrased, the green card.

 

Currently, adjustment applications are granted employment authorization documents with only a one year maximum validity. Beginning later this month, we'll start issuing these documents with a two-year validity period for aliens who are waiting adjustment of status if their application is expected to be pending for more than a year.

 

This, again, is eliminating a persistent source of frustration for workers who are here, who have a pending adjustment application but have to go and renew their employment documents every single year. It's going to cut the paperwork there.

I'll have a more complete summary of the remarks posted here shortly.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).