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June 2022
Immigration News Briefs

Work permit extensions for certain applicants

On May 3, USCIS announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), available to certain EAD renewal applicants, to up to 540 days. The increase will help avoid gaps in employment for noncitizens with pending EAD renewal applications.

The TFR, which only applies to those EAD categories currently eligible for an automatic up to 180-day extension, will temporarily provide up to 360 days of additional automatic extension time (for a total of up to 540 days) to eligible applicants with a timely-filed Form I-765 renewal application pending during the 18-month period after publication of the TFR while USCIS continues to work through pending caseloads that were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Beginning October 27, 2023, automatic extensions of employment authorization and EAD validity will revert to the up to 180-day period.

Noncitizens with a pending EAD renewal application whose 180-day automatic extension has lapsed and whose EAD has expired will be granted an additional period of employment authorization and EAD validity, beginning on May 4, 2022, and lasting up to 540 days from the expiration date of their EAD, such that they may resume employment if they are still within the up to 540-day automatic extension period and are otherwise eligible. Noncitizens with a pending renewal application still covered under the 180-day automatic extension will be granted an additional up to 360-day extension, for a total of up to 540 days past the expiration of the current EAD. Noncitizens with a pending renewal application and valid EAD on May 4, 2022, or who timely file an EAD renewal application before Oct. 27, 2023, will be granted an automatic extension of up to 540 days if their EAD expires before the renewal application is processed.

USCIS updates case processing data

On May 5, USCIS announced changes to simplify and improve how the agency communicates case processing time data to the public. Users can now immediately find the processing time information for their particular type of case, rather than seeing an aggregate of all related case types. Additional changes include:

Processing times are meant to be used as a reference point, rather than an absolute measure of how long it will take to process a particular case. Each case is unique, and some cases take longer than others to process, depending on the facts of the particular case.

 

APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES FOR ​ ​JUNE 2022

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

01Dec14

01Dec14

2A

Current

​Current

2B

22Sep15

22Sep15

3rd

​​22​Nov08

​​22​Nov08

4th

​15Sep05

​22Mar0​7

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

Current

Current

2nd

 01Sep14

Current

3rd

​​​​15Jan1​2

Current

Other

15Jan1​2

Current

4th

Current

Current

5th

Current

Current1B

 

 

DATES FOR FILING VISA APPLICATIONS - ​​​JUNE 2022

 

FAMILY

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

15May16

15Ma​y16

2A

Current

Current

2B

​​22Sep16

​​22Sep16

3rd

​22Aug​09

​22Aug​09

4th

​22Feb06

01Oct07

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

India

Pakistan/Bangladesh

1st

Current

Current

2nd

​01Dec14

Current

3rd

22Jan12

Current

Other

22Jan12

Current

4th

Current

Current

5th

Current

Current1B


Visa Bulletin for ​June 2022 is available on our website. Please go to http://www.khabar.com/magazine/ immigration/

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