{"id":25632,"date":"2025-10-30T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/?p=25632"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:00:34","slug":"dhs-ends-automatic-ead-extensions-for-certain-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/dhs-ends-automatic-ead-extensions-for-certain-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions for Certain Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<span data-contrast=\"none\">On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\u00a0issued\u00a0an\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-ends-automatic-extension-of-employment-authorization\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">interim final rule<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that ends the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain categories of individuals who apply for renewal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">This change does not\u00a0impact\u00a0F-1 alumni applying for the STEM OPT extension.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">F-1 alumni continue to qualify for an automatic 180-day extension of employment authorization if their STEM OPT extension application is received by USCIS prior to the expiration date on their Post-OPT EAD. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">F-1\u00a0Alumni\u00a0with questions should\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/contact\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">contact OGS directly.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\u00a0issued\u00a0an\u00a0interim final rule\u00a0that ends the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain categories of individuals who apply for renewal.\u00a0 This change does not\u00a0impact\u00a0F-1 alumni applying for the STEM OPT extension.\u00a0 F-1 alumni continue to qualify for an automatic 180-day extension of employment&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/dhs-ends-automatic-ead-extensions-for-certain-applicants\/\" title=\"Read DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions for Certain Applicants\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions for Certain Applicants - Office of Global Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/international.northeastern.edu\/ogs\/dhs-ends-automatic-ead-extensions-for-certain-applicants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DHS Ends Automatic EAD Extensions for Certain Applicants - Office of Global Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\u00a0issued\u00a0an\u00a0interim final rule\u00a0that ends the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain categories of individuals who apply for renewal.\u00a0 This change does not\u00a0impact\u00a0F-1 alumni applying for the STEM OPT extension.\u00a0 F-1 alumni continue to qualify for an automatic 180-day extension of employment... 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