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In a breather to thousands of Indian-Americans, the US administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to the spouses of H1-B visa holders, a majority of them are from the Indian IT services.
A settlement was reached by the Department of Homeland Security in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on behalf of immigrant spouses this summer.
A H-4 visa is issued to the dependent member of the family of H1-B visa holders. L2 visa is given to dependent spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 of the person holding L1 visa. L2
