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The USCIS has instructed immigration officers who approve concurrently-filed employment authorization and advance parole (travel document) applications to issue a single document, Form I-766, Advance Parole EAD.
Employment authorization and travel applications are typically concurrently filed when an individual is applying for adjustment or registration of status to permanent residence. In the past, the work permit and travel documents were separate; the work permit was a card and the travel document consisted of two sheets of 8 ½ X 11 paper. Now, the work permit card will have a notation for advance parole, which will cut down on the costs associated with printing the advance parole documents.
If you have any questions about the above change, please don’t hesitate to contact our San Francisco Immigration Law Office.
Tags: advance parole, EAD, employment authorization document, Form I-766, work permit
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Have you seen the newly redesigned Permanent Resident Card, also known as the “Green Card”? In May, USCIS changed the appearance of both Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents, or EAD’s, as they are known. Previous versions of the EAD and Green Card will remain valid until they expire.
According to USCIS, the purpose of the change to these documents is to enhance their security features. For instance, the EAD now has a machine-readable area that replaces the previous bar code. The Green Card has been completely redesigned. See: http://everifyandi9news.com/2010/06/uscis-updates-two-key-work-authorization-documents/
Tags: EAD, green card, USCIS, Work Authorization
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As an H-1B visa holder, you may work for more than one employer. However, each employer must file a separate H-1B petition on your behalf. H-1B status does not allow you to work everywhere and in any capacity, the way that a green card or an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) does. You are only permitted to work pursuant to the terms of the H-1B petition approved by USCIS.
If you are already in H-1B status and a petition for concurrent H-1B employment is filed for you, you won’t need to worry about whether or not there are H-1B visa numbers available that year. You have already been “counted”, and therefore the issue of the H-1B quota does not apply to you. Even if your initial H-1B was exempt from the numerical cap, you may still work concurrently for a non-exempt employer without having to be counted. This is only the case if the non-exempt employment is concurrent.
These days, we don’t have to worry much about the H-1B cap, though, since there are plenty of H-1B’s left at the moment. As of the latest count, only about 45,000 visa numbers had been used.
Tags: concurrent employment, EAD, exempt, green card, H-1B, H-1B quota, non-exempt
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