• USCIS will end its practice of automatically extending EADs for foreign nationals who file renewal applications—including for adjustments of status and H-4 EAD renewals—based on certain employment authorization categories. The new policy will not affect automatic extensions granted for EAD applications filed before October 30, 2025.
• If an EAD renewal application (Form I-765) was timely filed before the EAD expiration and before October 30, 2025, then it is not impacted and is still eligible for the auto-extension.
• If an EAD renewal application (Form I-765) is filed on or after October 30, 2025, then it is impacted by the policy change. Impacted individuals will need a valid EAD card in hand to continue working.

Certain foreign nationals in the United States are eligible to apply for employment authorization by filing Form I-765 with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under previous temporary final rules and a December 2024 final rule that took effect on January 13, 2025, USCIS granted eligible foreign nationals an automatic extension of employment authorization for up to 540 days while their timely filed employment authorization applications were pending adjudication.

Scheduled for publication on October 30, 2025, and affecting employment authorization applications filed on or after October 30, USCIS will no longer automatically extend employment authorization for individuals previously eligible under the 2024 rule, unless required by law or notice in...

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