Lawsuit filed against delay in processing of EADs for H-1B spouses and L1 visas

A top American association of immigration lawyers has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for extraordinary delays in processing employment authorisation documents (EADs) of spouses of foreign workers in the country on H-1B and L1 visas, a significantly large number of whom are technology professionals from India.

“The delays that H-4 and L-2 non-immigrants are facing needlessly place families in financial limbo,” said Jennifer Minear, president of American Immigration Lawyers Association or AILA, which has filed the class-action lawsuit against the DHS along with Wasden Banias.