US extends work permit validity to five years for Green Card hopefuls

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In a move set to impact thousands of Indian residents in the United States, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) for certain non-citizens..

This extension primarily targets non-citizens in specific categories who require employment authorization...

For instance, if an individual obtains an EAD based on a pending adjustment of status application for the maximum five-year period and subsequently has their adjustment application denied, their associated employment authorization may terminate before the expiration date mentioned on their EAD...

A recent study highlights that over 1.05 million Indians are in the queue for an employment-based Green Card, and a distressing 400,000 of them may not live to see the much-anticipated document of permanent residency in the US..

The study, conducted by David J Bier of the Cato Institute, an American libertarian think tank, underscores the severity of the employment-based Green Card backlog, which has soared to an all-time high of 1.8 million cases this year..

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