Work Authorization
Guides across the site that deal with work authorization.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Deferred Enforced Departure: What It Gives and What It Does Not
DED comes from the President's foreign affairs power rather than from a statute. It pauses removal and usually allows work authorization, but it confers no lawful immigration status at all.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Remote Examination of I-9 Documents
How the alternative procedure for remote document examination works, which employers may use it, and what a worker should expect when a new job verifies documents by video.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Social Security Numbers and Cards for Noncitizens
Who can get a Social Security number as a noncitizen, the difference between an unrestricted card and a restricted one, and how to apply without losing time.