{"id":195063,"date":"2023-09-21T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/am22tech.com\/?post_type=usa_news&#038;p=195063"},"modified":"2023-09-21T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:53:13","slug":"will-i485-pending-get-5yr-ead","status":"publish","type":"usa_news","link":"https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/usa\/news\/will-i485-pending-get-5yr-ead\/","title":{"rendered":"Will USCIS Give 5-Year EAD to Employment-Based Pending AOS (i485)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DHS has announced it will start issuing EAD for 5 years instead of the current 2-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are still waiting for confirmation from USCIS as that agency issues the EAD cards. Earlier, during COVID, USCIS had increased the EAD card validity from 1 year to 2 years to tackle the extremely long processing times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are EB Backlog pending I485 Eligible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hopefully yes. Fingers crossed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extended EAD card announcement is indeed a welcome step but legal immigrants waiting in the backlog are skeptical of whether they will be considered eligible for these 5-year terms or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news announcement does not explicitly exclude the employment-based applicants with pending AOS at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year-970x589.webp\" alt=\"Will USCIS issue 5 year EAD for Employment based AOS?\" class=\"wp-image-195064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year-970x589.webp 970w, https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year-470x286.webp 470w, https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year-316x192.webp 316w, https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year-768x467.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.am22tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/usa-ead-for-5-year.webp 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will USCIS issue 5 5-year EAD for Employment-based AOS?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, only time will tell how the USCIS will interpret it. They have a track record of making narrow interpretations when it comes to providing benefits to legal applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most of the time, legal are excluded from the benefits that are announced for the un-documented, asylum, and refugee categories. This specific EAD card rule has also been primarily targeted at the same community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider this, The Biden administration is giving these 5-year EADs to undocumented applicants but simply asked the tax-paying legal immigrants stuck in decades-long backlog to contact Congress for help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For immigrants from other countries, they took executive action to give EAD and AP within a month of their arrival.<br><br>For Employment-based (especially Indians), they clearly say &quot;Congress should do it&quot;&#8230;<br><br>Hmm&#8230;<br>&quot;Where there is a will, there is a way&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/icBeqnSLBz\">pic.twitter.com\/icBeqnSLBz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anil Gupta (@anil_am22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anil_am22\/status\/1696518639758041267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Attorneys Say<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnlawgroup.com\/the-5-year-ead-and-the-missing-piece-of-advance-parole\/\">Rahul Reddy has written about it<\/a> and is hopeful that this benefit will be extended to EB-based i485 legal candidates as well. He says that this has the potential of removing unnecessary bottlenecks in the general USCIS processing times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rahul also raised a valid point that AP (advance parole) validity will become a problem going forward as it has not been extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, attorney Emily Neumann has also shared that AOS applicants might start getting 5-year EADs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: USCIS will increase the maximum validity period of initial and renewal EADs to 5 years for certain noncitizens, including \u2026 applicants for asylum, ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS, or cancellation of removal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdjU4dyosW\">https:\/\/t.co\/kdjU4dyosW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Emily Neumann (@immigrationgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/immigrationgirl\/status\/1704687995691958587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Opinion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My personal opinion is that since the rules are targeted toward undocumented people, they did not even give a thought to AP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the documented applicants worry about AP and these rules probably have the hidden intention of excluding them altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, the language of the announcement does indicate that new and extensions of EAD (with pending i485 &#8211; category C09) should be eligible for 5-year validity along with the EAD for Asylum and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think? 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