Today United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed it will begin accepting applications for qualifying H-4 spouses to apply for employment authorization under the newly-implemented "H-4 Rule." This comes following the U.S. D.C. Federal District Court's May 24th decision denying Save Jobs USA's motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing the new H-4 rule.
Eligible individuals are encouraged to file their applications as soon as possible as USCIS has indicated that it will not be bound by it's normal 90 day processing times for these applications, meaning that it may take in excess of 3 months for applicants to receive work authorization after filing their applications.