Form I-765

Application for Employment Authorization

Processing Statistics

Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Application for Employment Authorization
Visa Filing Types:

All other applications for employment authorization
Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (c)(33).

Service Request Date and Estimated Time

Service Center Form Type	Estimated Processing Time Service Request Date	Type Info

Determine your service center using the first 3 characters of your receipt number. If your receipt date is before the "Service Request Date" listed for your service center and form type, you can submit a service request due to “outside normal processing time” here.
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Historical Average Processing Times

Subtype	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
All other applications for employment authorization	- days	63 days	72 days	78 days	3.1 mo	4.2 mo	4.5 mo	4.4 mo	90 days
Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (c)(33).	- days	5.8 mo	84 days	4.3 mo	87 days	63 days	36 days	36 days	- days

Form I-765 USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Employment Authorization Documents [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Employment Authorization Documents (Form I-765)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Employment Authorization Documents [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Employment Authorization Documents (Form I-765)

Fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30 of the reporting period. Data sources include USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Performance Reporting Tool (PRT), USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and C3 Consolidated