India, Sept. 1 -- A proposed US immigration policy change could have an outsized impact on families of H-1B workers, particularly those whose spouses depend on H-4 employment authorisation to work in the country.

The Department of Homeland Security has revived a regulatory proposal that would remove certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B workers from the categories eligible for employment authorisation.

If implemented, the move would effectively roll back a policy introduced in 2015 that allowed qualifying H-4 spouses to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), HT reported earlier.

The proposal has been listed in the federal regulatory agenda as "Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses From the Classes of Noncitizens Eligible for Em...