WASHINGTON – Based on a new information-sharing partnership between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA), foreign nationals in certain categories or classifications can now apply for work authorization and a social security number using a single form – the updated Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.

To lawfully work in the United States, foreign workers in some categories and classifications need both an employment

Bajo una nueva colaboración de intercambio de información entre el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Administración del Seguro Social (SSA, por sus siglas en inglés), los trabajadores extranjeros que están en ciertas categorías o clasificaciones, ahora pueden solicitar simultáneamente un permiso de trabajo y un número de Seguro Social mediante el Formulario I-765, Solicitud de Autorización de Empleo.

Para trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos, los

The administration's policy, which will take effect Tuesday would include:

• DHS will provide a limited 6 month window in which it will adjudicate the renewal process for DACA recipients
• The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will reject all daca initial requests and EAD applications received after the date of Tuesday's memo,  September 5th.
• USCIS will adjudicate on an individual Case by case basis

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has extended Sudan’s designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months due to the ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Sudan that prevent its nationals from safely returning. The extended designation is effective May 3, 2016, through November 2, 2017.

USCIS has published an update to Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. The new edition is dated 11/04/15. (Previous editions dated 02/13/15, 05/27/08 or later, also accepted.)

I-9 Central – the resource center for everything related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification – has these new features:

If you are an El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiary who requested a new work permit, and your request has been pending 90 days or more, USCIS will automatically issue you a 180-day Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

USCIS has published information to help eligible H-4 dependent spouses who want to apply for employment authorization under the Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses final rule.

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If your Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, has been pending more than 75 days, you may contact the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283 and ask that an Approaching Regulatory Timeframe “service request” be created. The NCSC will route the service request to the appropriate office for review. Please have your receipt number ready when contacting the NCSC.