A US district court has set aside an interim final rule issued by the Trump administration in October 2025 that ended automatic extensions of Employment Authorisation Documents (EADs), but the relief is limited to seven H-4 visa holders who challenged the rule and does not apply nationwide, reported Times of India.
The Central District of California, in an order dated September 10, 2026, granted a preliminary injunction to the seven plaintiffs and found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had not followed the procedure required under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it withdrew the automatic-extension mechanism.
