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

1615-AC15 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses From the Classes of Aliens Eligible for Employment Authorization

On February 25, 2015, DHS published a final rule extending eligibility for employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. DHS is publishing this notice of proposed rulemaking to amend that 2015 final rule. DHS is proposing to remove from its regulations certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants as a class of aliens eligible for employment authorization.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Private Sector Other 8 CFR 214 8 CFR 274a 6 U.S.C. 112 8 U.S.C. 1103(a) 8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(1) 8 U.S.C. 1324a(H)(3)(B) Yes NPRM 05/00/2019 Yes Businesses Organizations None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No 1615-AB92 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