By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
This new rule will apply starting tomorrow, when the interim final rule will be published, but does not affect EADs automatically extended before that date.
In a new interim final rule being published in tomorrow’s Federal Register, with immediate effect on that date (October 30, 2025), the Department of Homeland Security is doing away with the agency’s practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization and/or EADs for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories, with limited exceptions that include extensions provided by law or through a Federal Register notice for TPS-related employment documentation.
“The purpose of this rulemaking is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD by ending the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization and/or EADs for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories,” the IFR states.
“Derogatory information.” It also claims: “Without this IFR, aliens could still obtain an automatic extension despite derogatory information that could flag them as a national security or public safety risk. As described above, vetting and screening might not be completed and derogatory information reviewed and resolved before the alien’s EAD expires. The automatic...
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