>> your spouse cannot work. > I think that has not been true in a while. It is temporarily not true (since an Obama Administration rule change in 2015), but t

>> your spouse cannot work. > I think that has not been true in a while. It is temporarily not true (since an Obama Administration rule change in 2015), but the change is being fought in court (the case was remanded a few months ago from a panel of the DC appeals court back to a lower federal court, after they found the plaintiffs to have standing; I’m not sure what the current status is). The Trump Administration has stated multiple times that it intends to roll the rule back. I’m not sure what the status of that is either; it’s not clear if they were just too disorganized to get around to it in 3 years, or if their stated intentions were political posturing and they never intended to follow up, or if they changed their mind, or ... The people affected have been able to work for a few years but I’m sure the possibility of losing that right on short notice still causes some stress. I’m not an expert but if you are curious about the details the keyword is “H-4 EAD”.