This is a true indication that, through a court ruling, the eligible H-4 spouses were given the go-ahead to work in the United States of America. BAL will have to remain vigilant with the situation or find a way to resolve the contract dispute.
A federal appeals court that grants work authorization to spouses of H-1B visa holders rejects a lawsuit by a group of US-born tech workers. The ruling is legal and sustaining of the Obama policy to support the employment of thousands of foreign workers’ partners.
The decision is good news for technology companies, said William Robson, president of the public policy think tank, the RATE (Regulation, Analytics, and Technology Enhancement) Coalition, coming as it has after the US Supreme Court has recently curbed the powers of federal agencies.
The USCIS said that it has begun selecting the registrations for the H-1B visa that were submitted early. (Representational Image)
H-1B spouses’ work approvals retained by court
The debate on work permission for people under H-4 visas has been ongoing for some time now, passing from one government to another. This issue has experienced legal challenges and shifts over time since it was involved in a number of battles and transformations over the years.
However, there is the recent decision of the judge at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that actually has supported the previous decisions undertaken to approve the views of the Department of Homeland Security on this.
Thus, Save Jobs USA failed to sufficiently distinguish this case from that precedent, and so we endorse the district court’s grant of summary judgment, as Judge Justin R. Walker noted to Bloomberg.
