USCIS slashes work permit validity from five years to 18 months in major immigration policy shift affecting thousands of ...

USCIS has drastically cut work permit validity for asylum-seekers from five years to 18 months. Learn who is affected and the ...

USCIS cut the validity of Employment Authorization Documents from five years to eighteen months to allow more frequent ...

The Trump administration has significantly reduced the validity of work permits for immigrants, including those awaiting ...

The new rule, effective December 5, 2025, means more frequent renewals, longer backlogs, and a higher risk that applicants ...

The administration said the change to shorter work-permit windows will force more frequent background checks on noncitizens ...

The Trump administration said it would reduce the period of time that work permits are valid for refugees, asylees and other ...

On December 2, 2025, in response to the shooting of 2 national guardsman in Washington, DC by an Afghan national, USCIS ...

In a press release, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated (USCIS) its Policy Manual to reduce the maximum validity period for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) for certain ...

USCIS director Joseph Edlow said the new vetting of the nationals of 19 countries of concern who were allowed entry to the US during the Biden administration would also check their good moral ...

The U.S. has paused all pending immigration applications from 19 "countries of concern," meaning that even applicants with ...