fed reg 10284 feb 25 2015provides work authorization to more than 90000 h4 visa holders spouses of certain h1b visa holders more than 90 per cent of whom are women invalidation of this rule would result in these talented individuals being barred from the workplace forcibly severing tens of thousands of employment relationships across the country it said the results would be utterly destructive for the families impacted by just one measure about 87 per cent of these families have made crucial life decisions on the promise of h4 employment including whether to have a child and whether to buy a house it said