Acting Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AC05 201504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Employment-Based Immigration Modernization

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to modernize the immigrant visa system by amending its regulations governing the adjustment of status process and employment-based immigration. Through this rule, DHS proposes to allow certain approved Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (Form I-140) beneficiaries to obtain work authorization, clarify the meaning of portable work authorization, and remove unnecessary restrictions on the ability to change jobs or progress in careers, as well as provide relief to workers facing lengthy adjustment delays.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No 8 CFR 103 8 CFR 204 to 205 8 CFR 245 8 CFR 274a 8 U.S.C. 1103 8 U.S.C. 1154 and 1155 8 U.S.C. 1255 8 U.S.C. 1324a No NPRM 10/00/2015 Undetermined None No No No Yes 1615-AB97 Related to Brian Hunt Acting Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 202 272-8377 202 272-1480 brian.j.hunt@uscis.dhs.gov 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20529-2200