Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents

26 organizations filed 26 public comments on Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents, at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The comment window closed 239d ago.

Abstract

This IFR amends DHS regulations to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I–766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The purpose of this change is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD. This IFR does not impact the validity of EADs that were automatically extended prior to October 30, 2025, or which are otherwise automatically extended by law or Federal Register notice.

Commenters (26)

• Citizens Rulemaking Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• CPAC Foundation's Center for Regulatory Freedomtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Critical Labor Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Economic Policy Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• FMI - The Food Industry Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• God-Given Rights and Community Empowerment GRACE Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Infosys ltdunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Joint Comment Submitted by the Alliance for Immigrant Survivorstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Maine State Chamber of Commercetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Massachusetts Law Reform Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Montana Farmers Unionunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Association of Wholesaler-Distributorstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Permits Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Service Employees International Unionunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Spring Institute for Intercultural Learningtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The George Washington University Law School Immigration Clinicunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• the Metro Chamber of Commercetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The National Partnership for New Americanstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrantstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Venezuelan Association of Massachusettstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• WERC (Formerly the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicalstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%