180 Automatic Extension Period For EAD Increases To 540 Days

USCIS announced on May 3, 2022 that effective May 4, 2022, the 180 day automatic extension for certain applicants who timely applied for a renewal of their employment authorization document (EAD) is increased by another 360 days to 540 days. This will help avoid gaps in employment authorization created by ever increasing USCIS delays in processing the renewal applications.

The following EAD categories are eligible if a properly filed renewal application was filed before the current EAD expired in the same category:

(a)(3) Refugee;

(a)(5) Asylee;

(a)(7) N-8 or N-9;

(a)(8) Citizen of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, or Palau;

(a)(10) Withholding of Deportation or Removal Granted;