• Individuals who have Temporary Protected Status may have their employment authorization automatically extended.
• A noncitizen authorized to work may need to record the expiration date for authorization.
• New employees presenting an employment authorization document (EAD) that has been automatically extended must calculate and enter the new expiration date.

Noncitizen authorized to work: Employees who mark that they are “a noncitzen authorized to work” are to record the date that employment authorization expires, but not all individuals who check this box will have such an expiration date. This might apply to refugees, asylees, and certain citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

• Individuals who have Temporary Protected Status may have their employment authorization automatically extended. These employees should enter the expiration date of the automatic extension in the expiration date space.

New employees presenting an employment authorization document (EAD) that has been automatically extended must complete Section 1 as follows:

• Select “A noncitizen authorized to work until;” and
• Enter the EAD automatic extension date for their country. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website for Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure has web links to Federal Register notices and other resources that provide information; and
• Write their A-Number in the space for A-Number/USCIS Number under Box 4 of this section. A-Numbers are printed on EADs, but can also be found on notices from USCIS.

A student with an F-1 visa may find themselves in a cap-gap situation. A cap-gap is the period between the end of a nonimmigrant student’s F-1 status and the beginning of their H-1B status. For F-1 students in a cap-gap situation, in Section 1, a new employee should:

• Select “A noncitizen authorized to work until;” and
• Enter Sept. 30 and the year the H-1B change of status petition was filed as the expiration date.