Washington: In a major shift that will impact hundreds of thousands of Indian professionals and families in the US immigration system, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced sweeping reductions to the maximum validity of Employment Authorisation Documents (EADs).

wThe agency said the change is aimed at strengthening security vetting and improving its ability to identify potential risks among foreign nationals working in the country.

USCIS said the revised policy will “result in more frequent vetting of aliens who apply for authorisation to work in the United States,” allowing the agency to “deter fraud and detect aliens with potentially harmful intent so they can be processed for removal from the United States.”

Linking the move to national-security concerns,

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