Persons Eligible For An Employment Authorization Document (Work Permit)?

US immigration law is very specific about who can and cannot work in the US, and who may therefore be issued an Employment Authorization Document (work permit).

The immigration regulations or the EAD application (Form I-765) gives details on the categories of people who are eligible to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) to be able to work in the United States. The categories that may be issued an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) include (but are not limited to):

• Asylee/Refugee and their spouses and children
• Foreign students seeking Optional Practical Training or who have been offered off-campus employment under the sponsorship of a qualifying international organization or seeking off-campus employment due to severe economic hardship,
• Eligible Dependents of Employees of Diplomatic Missions, International Organization, or NATO
• B-1 Non-immigrant who is the personal or domestic servant of a non-immigrant employer
• B-1 nonimmigrant domestic servant of a US citizen
• Spouse of an E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader or Investor
• Spouse of an L-1 Intra-Company Transferee
• K-1 Nonimmigrant Fiancée of a US Citizen or K-2 dependent
• K-3 nonimmigrant Spouse of a US Citizen or K-4 dependent
• Adjustment of status applicant based on continuous residence since January 1, 1972
• Persons in or applying for temporary protected status;

NOTE the following do not need a work permit in order to work:

• US citizens do not need a USCIS Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
• Lawful permanent residents and conditional permanent residents do not need an Employment Authorization Document. Their Alien Registration Card (green card) proves that they may work in the United States.
• Foreign nationals with a work visa that authorizes them to work for a specific employer, such as a foreign government, do not need an Employment Authorization Document. Their passport with a valid visa and Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure Record) proves that they are authorized to work in the United States.

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