EAD -- Would it be applicable to H1B visa holders

rukmani.p

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Dear Forum Team,

H1B non-immigrant visa, as you know, binds the employment to the sponsoring employer and typically if one needs to lookout for a change the other employer needs to initiate a transfer of visa to their payrolls right? I am finding myself hard in this situation as a significant number of employers do not want to get into the hassles of USCIS chores and they are preferring other candidates with options like GC, US Citizen etc.

I did a research and found that there is some EAD or like that which seems to be giving work authorisation without any binding on the particular employer? Would this option apply-able by H1B visa holders? Can some one help shed more light into this please?
 
EAD is issued only if you have a qualifying immigration petition filed with USCIS. You can't apply for EAD simply because you want it.
 
Dear Forum Team,

H1B non-immigrant visa, as you know, binds the employment to the sponsoring employer and typically if one needs to lookout for a change the other employer needs to initiate a transfer of visa to their payrolls right? I am finding myself hard in this situation as a significant number of employers do not want to get into the hassles of USCIS chores and they are preferring other candidates with options like GC, US Citizen etc.

I did a research and found that there is some EAD or like that which seems to be giving work authorisation without any binding on the particular employer? Would this option apply-able by H1B visa holders? Can some one help shed more light into this please?

Do you have Pending I-485?
 
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