Regulation Allowing Spouses of H-1B Foreign Nationals to Apply for an Employment Authorization Docum
Beginning May 26, 2015, certain spouses of H-1B foreign nationals will be permitted to apply for United States work authorization. In order for the spouse of an H-1B foreign national to qualify for United States work authorization, the H-1B foreign national must have a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker approved on his/her behalf or be in the United States in valid H-1B nonimmigrant status pursuant to a post-sixth extension authorized by Section 106(a) of the Am