H-1B visa: Spouses on H-4 visa face new threat
Posted By: sunset, 11/9/2025 2:11:30 AM
Some spouses of foreign workers on the controversial H-1B visa may lose their work permits after the Trump administration changed employment rules. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 30 stripped holders of the H-4 spousal visa — thousands of whom are estimated to live and work in the Bay Area — of the ability to receive automatic extensions for their work permits when their renewal applications have been submitted but not fully processed by immigration authorities. Previously, foreign citizens on the H-4 and certain other visas could have their work permits automatically extended by 540 days if their permit applications were submitted on time but expired while still being processed.
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Some spouses of foreign workers on the controversial H-1B visa may lose their work permits after the Trump administration changed employment rules.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 30 stripped holders of the H-4 spousal visa — thousands of whom are estimated to live and work in the Bay Area — of the ability to receive automatic extensions for their work permits when their renewal applications have been submitted but not fully processed by immigration authorities.
Previously, foreign citizens on the H-4 and certain other visas could have their work permits automatically extended by 540 days if their permit applications were submitted on time but expired while still being processed.
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Partial transcript as follows:
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Our father enlisted in the Navy and was deployed for months at a time. Dad could not petition to have Mom domiciled wherever he was being sent. She stayed home with us kids. Not a single good reason has been provided for why a foreigner should have more liberty than an American serviceman to bring their spouse to work.