Regulation Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses From the Classes of Noncitizens Eligible for Employment Authorization

The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to remove from its regulations certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrant workers as a class of aliens eligible to request employment authorization under the (c)(26) category. 

This proposal would reverse the changes made in the 2015 final rule, "Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses," and restore DHS's long-standing policy of not extending eligibility to request employment authorization to H-4 dependent spouses

This regulation does not yet have a publication date, but information to date can be found here:

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?RIN=1615-AD14&pubId=202510