On October 30, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an interim final rule that eliminates the automatic extension for thousands of people who filed to renew their lawful work permits. Previously, people who filed their work permit renewal requests on time would be given an automatic extension of their work permit’s validity period to ensure they wouldn’t experience gaps in their employment while USCIS processed their request. The new rule eliminating this extension period is effective immediately.