India, Dec. 9 -- On December 4, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced changes affecting immigrants' work permits and Green Card applications. The changes have taken effect from December 5, 2025.

The validity of employment-authorization documents (EADs), which immigrants frequently use while awaiting a green card, has been reduced from up to five years to just eighteen months. This is one of the biggest changes.

Beneficiaries will therefore need to apply for renewals much more frequently, which will result in additional paperwork, costs, and uncertainty between renewals.

Along with the changes in the time period of the EAD, a recent memo reportedly also instructs USCIS to conduct a "comprehensive re-review, pot...