On June 2, 2004, OMB completed its review and cleared the USCIS Interim Rule which authorizes the agency to issue a EAD valid up to two years. This category is reserved for those applying for adjustment of status, having filed Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, with the Department. The rule change would give USCIS the flexibility to issue EADs for the length of time it anticipates that adjudication of a given case will take.
USCIS has already announced issuance of a new EAD card, I-766 with enhanced security feature and already indicated that the EAD card will be issued more than one year for certain aliens. Obviously, the announcement implied application of the new multiple-year EAD rule for the I-485 applicants. It is expected that the USCIS will publish this extended EAD rule in the federal register soon.
USCIS has already announced issuance of a new EAD card, I-766 with enhanced security feature and already indicated that the EAD card will be issued more than one year for certain aliens. Obviously, the announcement implied application of the new multiple-year EAD rule for the I-485 applicants. It is expected that the USCIS will publish this extended EAD rule in the federal register soon.