New USCIS Policy Guidance Expands Automatic Extension to Spousal Employment Authorization

In a policy change that will help prevent gaps in employment authorization and ease certain documentation requirements for employers, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) automatically extended employment authorization for up to 180 days for E, L-2 and H-4 spouses who have timely filed an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) extension application and have an unexpired I-94.