DHS Final Rule of October 14 Ends Automatic Extensions for Certain Work Permits: More Than 432,000 Renewals Had Been Pending Over Six Months as of June 30, Including 91,000 Over 18 Months
Washington — On October 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule in the Federal Register titled Removal of Automatic Extensions for Certain Employment Authorization Documents (91 FR 65306), making permanent the end of automatic extensions that had previously been in place on a temporary basis.
Under the prior arrangement, holders of certain categories of employment authorization documents who filed a timely renewal could keep working under an automatic extension while the renewal was pending. Under the final rule, renewal applicants outside the covered categories no longer receive an automatic extension, so authorization lapses if the prior document expires before the new one is approved.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services figures cited in a November 2026 immigration bulletin summarizing the rule, more than 432,000 EAD renewals had been pending for at least six months as of June 30, 2026, including more than 91,000 pending for over 18 months. The same bulletin lists the final rule among the principal October immigration changes, alongside a proposed rule published the same day on whether USCIS would continue to defer to prior approvals on extension requests, with public comments due November 13, 2026.
来源链接： https://www.gozellaw.com/blog/november-2026-immigration-bulletin
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