What does EAD stand for?

H-1B Cap Gap: an expired Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that was part of an employee's Optional Practical Training (OPT) is automatically extended as part of the H-1B "cap gap" regulation as long as the employee can also show a timely filed Form I-765 as part of the STEM regulations (work extended up to the date the I-765 is adjudicated) or show a receipt for a cap-subject H-1B (work is extended up to the following October 1 or until the H-1B petition is denied, whichever is sooner).

should be afforded the benefit of deferred action and an employment authorization document, valid for the duration of this case.

The interim final rule will amend regulations governing the types of acceptable identity and employment authorization documents employees may present to their employers for completion of the Form I-9.

The ICPS utilizes a production process that incorporates document personalization technologies, including biometrics information, to create highly secure INS identification documents including, the Permanent Resident Card (PRC) and the Department of State B-1/B-2 Border Crossing Card (BCC) also known as the Laser Visa (LV) and the Employment Authorization Document.

Also a new Employment Authorization Document (EAD) was issued recently by the INS and will be phased in during the next year.

This interim rule amends the regulations regarding the types of acceptable identity and employment authorization documents that employees may present to their employers for completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form.

USCIS has added a photograph screening tool to E-Verify through which an employer verifies the authenticity of certain documents, such as an employment authorization document, by matching the photograph on the document with the photograph in DHS databases.

The first card to be produced by the new technology is the Employment Authorization Document (EAD), issued to aliens who are not legal permanent residents but who have been granted temporary permission to work in the United States.