NEW: A lawsuit filed yesterday in federal district court in DC accuses @USCIS of deliberately delaying the processing of #H4EAD applications

[tacobell fan]

• Unexplained delays costing jobs, careers, health insurance
• Administration has been trying to end program for two years

 

The Trump administration is deliberately slowing down its processing of work permit applications for the spouses of certain H-1B workers, a new lawsuit says.

The case, filed June 6 in federal district court in Washington, says what had formerly been a relatively quick process for getting a work permit approved now is taking several months. In fact, the H-1B applicants themselves are getting their specialty occupation visa extensions filed in much less time than it’s taking their spouses to get approved for their visas and work permits, according to the complaint.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been saying for years that it wants to end the program, which provides work permits—also known as employment authorization documents (EADs)—to the H-4 spouses of H-1B workers who are waiting for their approved green cards to become available.

The agency first indicated its intent to undo the Obama-era program in April 2017, but the regulations to do so have run into delays, including a point at which the agency had to redo its economic analysis.

A proposed regulation has been under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget since February.

The USCIS is continuing to review all employment-based visa programs, including H-4 EADs, an agency spokesman said June 7. No final decision will be made about the program until after the rulemaking process is completed, he said.

Intentional Delays

But it appears that, in the absence of regulations to undo the program, the USCIS may be taking the alternative route of sitting on work permit applications for long periods of time. As a result, H-4 visa holders’ current permits are expiring, and they’re in danger of losing their jobs, their health insurance, and their careers, the lawsuit says.

The delays are “a growing problem,” said Fairfax Station, Va., attorney Jonathan Wasden, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of four H-4 spouses. “The agency is intentionally screwing these people over.”

The USCIS spokesman declined to comment specifically on the case, saying the agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation as a matter of policy.

Meanwhile, a lawsuit challenging the validity of the work permit program remains pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case, which had been on hold after the USCIS said it was planning to rescind the program, was reopened last December.

The U.S.-born tech workers who brought the lawsuit say the program is costing them job opportunities, and wasn’t within the agency’s authority to create.

The USCIS’s delay in getting out the proposed regulations and its response to the lawsuit are evidence that there’s internal agency conflict about what to do with the program, said John Miano of the Immigration Reform Law Institute, who is representing the workers in that case. “On one hand, the deep state wants to preserve the H-4 EADs. On the other hand, the deep state does not want a decision in the Save Jobs USA case,” he said.

Steven A. Brown of Reddy & Neumann in Houston also is representing the H-4 work permit applicants.

The case is Gudla v. Koumans, D.D.C., No. 1:19-cv-01667, complaint filed 6/6/19.

[AndhraneedSCS]

ee torture tattukoleka maa team lo oka iddarini Canada move chestundi maa company 

[tacobell fan]

27 minutes ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

ee torture tattukoleka maa team lo oka iddarini Canada move chestundi maa company 

Naa old teammate from Infosys went to Canada this week. He applied PR and they simply moved him. Win-Win for both

[AndhraneedSCS]

3 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Naa old teammate from Infosys went to Canada this week. He applied PR and they simply moved him. Win-Win for both

FInal ga Canada vadiki free taxes and economy growth anukunta because of all this racha 

[snoww]

8 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Naa old teammate from Infosys went to Canada this week. He applied PR and they simply moved him. Win-Win for both

moved him back to US ?

[Anta Assamey]

Edo oka case lu vestune vuntaru ... avi telavu chavavu ... 

[tacobell fan]

17 minutes ago, snoww said:

moved him back to US ?

Canada ki move chesaru bro from US

[snoww]

8 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Canada ki move chesaru bro from US

Ok. If he is happy then it is good. 

Majority of people I know in Canada want to move to US. 

[tacobell fan]

2 minutes ago, snoww said:

Ok. If he is happy then it is good. 

Majority of people I know in Canada want to move to US. 

Genuine ga try chesthe there are jobs. But people got too many expectations. 

[Anta Assamey]

9 minutes ago, snoww said:

Ok. If he is happy then it is good. 

Majority of people I know in Canada want to move to US. 

Its always greener on the other side antaru anduke ...

[AndhraneedSCS]

5 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

Its always greener on the other side antaru anduke ...

I was in Canada for 3 years.

Its expensive, more taxes. In general, pay will be less in Canada compared to US 

 

Now, since there is a huge difference between USD and CAD, there will be a lot of difference if you convert your salary to INR 

[snoww]

9 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

Its always greener on the other side antaru anduke ...

Not many in US want to move to Canada unless they have some immigration issues. 

[tacobell fan]

5 minutes ago, AndhraneedSCS said:

I was in Canada for 3 years.

Its expensive, more taxes. In general, pay will be less in Canada compared to US 

 

Now, since there is a huge difference between USD and CAD, there will be a lot of difference if you convert your salary to INR 

If we live in NY/Chicago/SFO it's much expensive bro. We used to second cities in US so it makes lot of difference if we say move from Charlotte to Toronto. 

[r2d2]

lawsuit sponsored by @Quickgun_murugan

[tacobell fan]

1 minute ago, r2d2 said:

lawsuit sponsored by @Quickgun_murugan