Employment authorization document in the context of "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals"

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⭐ Core Definition: Employment authorization document

A Form I-766 employment authorization document (EAD) or EAD card, known popularly as a work permit, is a document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides temporary employment authorization to noncitizens in the United States.

The Form I-766 Employment Authorization Document is issued in the form of a standard credit card-size plastic card enhanced with multiple security features. The card contains some basic information about the immigrant: name, birth date, sex, immigrant category, country of birth, photo, immigrant registration number (also called "A-number"), card number, restrictive terms and conditions, and dates of validity. This document, however, should not be confused with the green card.

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👉 Employment authorization document in the context of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals who, on June 15, 2012, were physically present in the United States with no lawful immigration status after having entered the country as children at least five years earlier, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for an employment authorization document (work permit).

On November 9, 2023, an appeal was brought before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to determine whether a September 2023 federal district court order that would terminate the codified form of DACA, based on it being in violation of federal law, will be upheld and implemented. Oral argument in the case was heard on October 10, 2024.

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Employment authorization document in the context of Deferred action

In United States administrative law, deferred action is an immigration classification which the executive branch can grant to undocumented immigrants. This does not give them legal status but can indefinitely delay their deportation and they may be eligible for an employment authorization document. Deferred action is an exercise of the executive branch's enforcement discretion and was first publicly defined in a 1975 administrative guidance document published by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ← Deferred action
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Work permit → United States Citizenship and Immigration Services → Plastic card → Permanent residence (United States) →