H4 EAD is officially on the chopping block

Man, the Reddit sub r/h1b is just one sad sack after another. Things are getting real as they are not being renewed, and have to leave. Now, H4 EAD is in the process of returning to the old rules, which is that spouses cannot get authorized to work.

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DHS is proposing to remove from its regulations certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrant workers as a class of aliens eligible to request employment authorization under the (c)(26) category. This proposal would reverse the changes made in the 2015 final rule, "Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses," and restore DHS's long-standing policy of not extending eligibility to request employment authorization to H-4 dependent spouses.

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Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services