Looks like EAD for H4 might go away http://www.newsindiatimes.com/trump-administration-files-motion-in-court-to-revoke-ead-for-h4-visa-holders
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Not confirmed yet. fake news
this is not fake. the leaked vox eo confirms that. people with access to hill knew this was coming a year back.
Alternative fact...come on M-erican know this by now.
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It's not fake, but seems in accurate. if you read the article carefully it is just a filing in court for abeyance of H4 EAD. This is based on an appeal by former SoCalEdison employees who allege they have been replaced by cheap labour on H1B h4 EAD is issued only to h1b holder with approved i140 so I really don't see how the allegation stand in court. I really hope the Trump administration does not repeal the H4 EAD, it's a really small % of the pie
So as % of the pie goes, do we have any numbers? How many H4-EADs are issued yearly and how many actually end up working? What kind of jobs are they taking up? That decides the impact this has, until then it's all hot air. So folks, any numbers out there?
60k ead were issued last year. close to a million people overall got green card in US.
People commenting here don't know the pain of a qualified spouse just sitting at home unable to do anything. And with the greencard backlogs, people from india would be constrained to one income families forever. Stfu guys. UK, Australia, Canada all provide work authorization for spouses.
Why? If the spouse is qualified, he or she can just go through the same H1b process: get a job and the employer who sponsors h1b
Really?? Do you think they grow in trees? It's a lottery, if you don't get one thus year, you have to wait for the next year. All this time your spouse just has to waste years of their time. You obviously haven't been in this situation.
I don't get what is the abuse part of H4? and what sort of regulation are we looking at here?
Remove the per-country cap on employment based green cards already, it's a skill based immigration and not a diversity based. I see no logic in this.
Green card is not a Visa. H1b is not based on diversity, being a resident is.
I don't know, sometimes these green cards are referred to as visas ex: Diversity Visa Lottery. Confused me initially, now I confuse others. Corrected though.
my wife is Nurse practitioner on H4 EAD. guess we have to move back to Canada :(
it would be really sad if the h4 EAD gets repealed. hopefully it won't.
thanks
IMHO H4 ead should go or at least be regulated. It depresses the wages, not just in tech but all sectors. H4 ead can work anywhere right from waitress to astronaut.
I don't agree with this sit at home argument. It wasn't as if people were not aware they were going to sit at home. I feel stuff like h4 ead brings a bad name to legal immigration. Just because you are a spouse of a H1b holder doesn't entitle you to a work visa.
by that argument children of h1b holder shouldn't be allowed to go to school. And they should not be able to buy property