Work permits to those awaiting Green Card for over five years?

The recommendation proposes that the Department of Homeland Security’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS-USCIS) grant employment authorisation documents (EADs) and travel documents

A presidential advisory commission has discussed the possibility of issuing employment authorisation cards in early stages of green card application, a move if approved by the Biden administration would end the agonising wait for a green card.

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The recommendation proposes that the Department of Homeland Security’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS-USCIS) grant employment authorisation documents (EADs) and travel documents to individuals who have approved I-140 employment-based visa petitions in the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 categories, and who have been waiting in the visa backlog for five or more years regardless of whether they have filed applications for adjustment of status. 

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