S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 4102: EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED NONIMMIGRANTS

Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    Section 214(c) (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended--

      (1) by striking `Attorney General' each place such term appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security'; and

      (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows:

    `(E)(i) In the case of an alien spouse admitted under section 101(a)(15)(L), who is accompanying or following to join a principal alien admitted under such section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--

      `(I) authorize the alien spouse to engage in employment in the United States; and

      `(II) provide the spouse with an `employment authorized' endorsement or other appropriate work permit.

    `(ii) In the case of an alien spouse admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i), who is accompanying or following to join a principal alien admitted under such section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--

      `(I) authorize the alien spouse to engage in employment in the United States only if such spouse is a national of a foreign country that permits reciprocal employment; and

      `(II) provide such a spouse with an `employment authorized' endorsement or other appropriate work permit, if appropriate.

    `(iii)(I) In clause (ii), the term `foreign country that permits reciprocal employment' means a foreign country that permits a spouse who is a national of the United States and is accompanying or following to join the employment-based nonimmigrant husband or wife of such spouse to be employed in such foreign country based on that status.

    `(II) In subclause (I), the term `employment-based nonimmigrant' means an individual who is admitted to a foreign country to perform employment similar to the employment described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b).'.

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EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED NONIMMIGRANTS