{"id":15623,"date":"2025-12-18T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/?p=15623"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:40:44","slug":"uscis-reduces-validity-period-from-5-years-to-18-months-for-several-ead-categories-including-aos-eads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/2025\/12\/18\/uscis-reduces-validity-period-from-5-years-to-18-months-for-several-ead-categories-including-aos-eads\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS Reduces Validity Period from 5 Years to 18 Months for Several EAD Categories, Including AOS EADs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">USCIS announced that it will issue\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/uscis-increases-screening-vetting-of-aliens-working-in-us. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fnewsroom%2Fnews-releases%2Fuscis-increases-screening-vetting-of-aliens-working-in-us&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjulie.wilbers%40vanderbilt.edu%7C483cbb5b08714319a82608de3e49c101%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C639016683652036393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gVkkgn6h4h6%2B3%2BtO1COEsyvKPtkXP%2Br1YrLC3m%2BepsY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">\u00a0EAD cards for only 18 months<\/a>, reduced from five years, for applicants in several categories, including EADs issued to applicants with pending adjustment applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Combined with the\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights-resources\/blog-posts\/uscis-ends-automatic-extension-of-employment-authorization-with-interim-final-rule\/?_gl=1*1n5ixzh*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY0NzgyNTczMS4xNzYyNTQ2NTQ2*_ga_V4WT9JNBFT*czE3NjI1NDY1NDYkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjI1NDY1NjkkajM3JGwwJGgw. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fogletree.com%2Finsights-resources%2Fblog-posts%2Fuscis-ends-automatic-extension-of-employment-authorization-with-interim-final-rule%2F%3F_gl%3D1*1n5ixzh*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY0NzgyNTczMS4xNzYyNTQ2NTQ2*_ga_V4WT9JNBFT*czE3NjI1NDY1NDYkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjI1NDY1NjkkajM3JGwwJGgw&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjulie.wilbers%40vanderbilt.edu%7C483cbb5b08714319a82608de3e49c101%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C639016683652052915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YbtJoZzm3JU8iBkfLyC%2F%2BVUKvoGw1xR3Dy09XSZ9f3g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">rescission of automatic extensions<\/a>\u00a0announced in October, this shortened validity period may cause interruptions in work authorization due to protracted USCIS processing times.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USCIS announced that it will issue\u00a0\u00a0EAD cards for only 18 months, reduced from five years, for applicants in several categories, including EADs issued to applicants with pending adjustment applications. Combined with the\u00a0rescission of automatic extensions\u00a0announced in October, this shortened validity period may cause interruptions in work authorization due to protracted USCIS processing times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10791,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","ACF":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}