Nurse – Application for Employment Authorization (EAD)

Definitions

“Applicant” is you

“Application” is the Application to for Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

Application for Employment Authorization (EAD)

If you file an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status you are eligible for employment authorization.  The District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service district office or the Immigration and Naturalization Service Regional Service Center where the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status was filed must grant the Application for Employment Authorization.  The employment authorization is granted for a one-year period.  If the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status has not been adjudicated during the one-year period the you may apply again for employment authorization. 

Filing Requirements

Once you have determined that you may adjust your status you file an Application for Employment Authorization along with the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status; two (2) photographs; and the filing fee with the Immigration and Naturalization Service Regional Service Center that has jurisdiction over the place where you reside.

Immigration and Naturalization Service Processing

Once the Immigration and Naturalization Service receives the Application, it will issue a Notice of Action (Receipt Notice) indicating the date of receipt; date of the notice; your name and address; and the approximate processing time of said Application. 

Once the Application is approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, it will issue a second Notice of Action (Approval Notice) indicating the date of the notice; the date of the approval; and your name and address and then will forward the employment authorization document to you.

Immigration and Naturalization Service Processing Time

The processing time required differs depending on the Immigration and Naturalization Service Regional Service Center where the Petition is filed.  For the Immigration and Naturalization Service Regional Service Center processing times click here.

Dependents

Your spouse and any minor child (less than twenty-one years of age) are eligible for an employment authorization document.  A separate Application is required.

Filing Fee

$100