Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) may be issued in the following instances or alternatively certain visas confer the right to work by their very issuance:
A & G visas, embassy and consular staffs and UN personnel under the A & G category may work according to their designations; their immediate families may apply to work as well.
E- 1 & E-2 visas, upon approval of their status may work as well as their immediate family members.
F & M visas, students, cultural and practical, may work if authorized by their schools or the USCIS.
H-1, H-2, & H-3 visas, specialized workers, temporary workers and trainees, may work according for the time authorized.
I visas, journalists may work for their qualified employers while they remain employees.
J exchange visitors, may work according to their time allowed.
K entrants, on admission may work as well as V entrants and children.
L-intracompany transferees, may work according to their period of admission.
O & P, artists, performers outstanding business persons and their accompanying supporting personnel may work according to their period of admission.
R visas, religious workers, may work as long as they continue to work for their sponsor.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS), may receive EAD (Employment Authorization Document) if the applicant qualifies as well as their spouses and children.
An EAD may be issued to:
an asylum applicant after 150 days following the asylum application may receive an EAD.
a student who needs to work in furtherance of his studies may be granted an EAD; or a student who has had financial difficulties after entering the U.S. may apply for part time work based on economic hardship.
the spouse of an intracompany transferee (L-2) may apply for permission to work based on his/her qualifications unless intracompany status (L-1) or H-1, H-2 or H-3 status or any other non immigrant category that the L-2 qualifies for.
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