Interim Final Rule Published Ending the Practice of Automatically Extending Certain EADs

posted on: November 4, 2025

On Oct. 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of certain Forms I-766, Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) when a renewal Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, application was timely filed. EAD renewal applicants will no longer receive an up-to-540-day automatic […]

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USCIS Announces New Guidance on Form I-693 Validity Period

posted on: April 9, 2024

On April 4, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual stating that immigration medical examinations properly completed and signed by a civil surgeon on or after Nov. 1, 2023, on Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, do not expire and retain their evidentiary value indefinitely. Before we issued this updated policy guidance, all properly completed Forms I-693 retained their evidentiary value for two years from the date of the civil […]

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