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Re:Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work by dalore on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @09:35AM (#7710039)
Spouses of people who are working in America on a H1-B visa (the most common visa that tech people work on) are now allowed to work themselves.
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Re:Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work by objclxt on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:19AM (#7710634)
Not quite. Spouses of people who are working in America on a H1-B visa and have applied for a green card or extended their visa are allowed to work themselves. That is a much smaller pool than people on H-1B visas.
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Re:Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work by goshx on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:55AM (#7710862)
Still not quite, because they are not automatically allowed to work. They have to request employment authorization and who knows what other criteria may be imposed at that time.
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Re:Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work by cesarbs on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @06:54PM (#7713079)
AFAIK obtaining an EAD is quite straightforward.
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