Work Permit Overview
What is an Employment Authorization Document? U.S. employers must check to make sure all employees, regardless of citizenship or national origin, are allowed to work in the United States. Mr. Cornett is a highly experienced immigration lawyer and is a member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). His expertise allows him to avoid numerous pitfalls that can lead to unnecessary case delays or denials. We provide expert immigration legal services for the submission of the USCIS employment authorization petition.
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Work Permit Insights
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD). An EAD may be issued in the following categories:
- EAD: This document proves you are allowed to work in the United States.
- Renewal EAD: You should apply for a renewal EAD six months before your original EAD expires.
- Replacement EAD: This document replaces a lost, stolen, or mutilated EAD. A replacement EAD also replaces an EAD that was issued with incorrect information, such as a misspelled name.
- Interim EAD: If an EAD application is not approved or denied within 90 days (within 30 days for an asylum applicant; note: asylum applicants are eligible to file for EADs only after waiting 150 days from the date they filed their properly completed original asylum applications), an applicant may request an interim EAD document.
Who is Eligible?
- The specific categories that require an Employment Authorization Document include (but are not limited to) asylees and asylum seekers; refugees; students seeking particular types of employment; applicants to adjust to permanent residence status; people in or applying for temporary protected status; fiancés of American citizens; and dependents of foreign government officials.
- If you are authorized to work for aspecific employer, such as a foreign government, you do not need an Employment Authorization Document. Your passport and your Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure Record) proves that you may work in the United States. Please see 8 CFR 274a.12 (b), which provides a full list of the categories of people who do not need to apply for an EAD.
