USCIS Extends Work Permits for Asylum Seekers to Two Years
Published:
Wed, Oct 12th 2016 @ 8:56 am EDT
Due to the increasing immigration court backlog U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced in a press release that they will extend “the validity period for initial or renewal Employment Authorization Documents for asylum applicants from one year to two years”.
Asylum applicants are eligible to apply for work permits after their asylum petition has been pending for more than 150 days. As of Oct. 5, 2016 asylum seekers will be granted a two-year work permit. If the petitioner has not received a decision on their asylum case by then they can renew their work permit for another two years.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/uscis-extends-work-permits-asylum-seekers-two-years
