WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has rolled back a Biden-era policy decision and made re-vetting mandatory for foreign non-immigrant visa holders seeking extension of work permits, a move that is likely to impact Indians as well.

The new rules ending the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorisation documents (EADs) for foreign workers in certain categories came into effect from Thursday.

In May, 2022, the Biden administration had amended rules that provided for an automatic 540-day extension of EADs without any verification process once the applicants filed new applications for renewal of the employment authorisation.

The decision to grant the extension without any verification process was taken in view of 1.5 million pending requests for grant of wo

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