US court ends uncertainty over work permit for H1B spouses Weekly Voice

Washington, April 1 (VOICE) In major relief for thousands of Indian techies, a US court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to deny work authorisation to spouses of H-1B visa holders in queue for Green Card, ending the uncertainty that has dogged them for years. A district court of Washington ruled on Wednesday that the work authorisation is in compliance with the Immigration and Naturalisation Act and supported by “decades of Executive-branch practice, and both explicit and implicit congressional ratification of that practice”. The United States had granted more than 59,000 work authorisations – called Employment Authorisation Documents (EADs) and…