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I-765 Application for Employment Authorization

All other applications for employment authorization

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10 official USCIS report s

Latest official report date: Mar 25, 2026

Latest quarter workbook: July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025.

Quarter pending 225,764

July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Quarter approvals 510,262

Latest published workbook

Quarter receipts 350,010

Latest published workbook

Quarter processing time 1.3 months

Workbook processing months

Trendline

Annual and quarterly movement

Annual processing months

All other applications for employment authorization across the USCIS annual median processing-time series, preferring the official FY2016-FY2024 historical factsheet where USCIS publishes it and falling back to the pulled legacy export elsewhere.

Last eight quarters pending

Pending inventory from the quarterly all-forms report.

Latest quarters

Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
Q2 2019 562,825 439,958 49,084 707,935
Q3 2019 584,136 441,959 92,648 753,462
Q4 2019 536,896 586,374 67,766 637,811
Q1 2020 520,023 459,060 59,551 645,611
Q2 2020 523,300 500,422 56,548 676,118
Q3 2020 451,366 488,259 38,207 603,841
Q4 2020 475,265 363,780 33,541 648,985
Q1 2021 470,736 353,629 35,835 728,090
Service-center coverage

6 mapped centers

NSC · Nebraska Service Center ESC · Vermont Service Center CSC · California Service Center SSC · Texas Service Center NBC · National Benefits Center YSC · Potomac Service Center
Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-765

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765
Legacy cached estimates

Older office-specific processing snapshots

California Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

7 subtype entries
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 11.5-7.5 months Service request date May 20, 2021
  • Based on being an L-2 spouse of an L-1 nonimmigrant [(a)(18)] 12.5-8.5 months Service request date May 02, 2021
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 10.5-7.5 months Service request date June 22, 2021
  • Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D [(c)(33)] learn more. to see below Service request date Not published
  • Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)] 21.5-20 months Service request date July 26, 2020
  • Haiti extension [(c)(19), (a)(12)] 7-5 months Service request date October 05, 2021
  • All other applications for employment authorization 13-8 months Service request date April 13, 2021

National Benefits Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

4 subtype entries
  • Application for Suspension of Deportation/Sec.244/NACARA/Cancel of Removal [(c)(10)] 8.5-5.5 months Service request date August 25, 2021
  • Alien with Final Order of Deportation Under an OSUP [(c)(18)] 11-6.5 months Service request date June 05, 2021
  • Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)] 12.5-7.5 months Service request date April 27, 2021
  • All other applications for employment authorization 14-7 months Service request date March 17, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

8 subtype entries
  • All other applications for employment authorization 10-1.5 months Service request date July 15, 2021
  • Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D [(c)(33)] 3.5-3 months Service request date January 19, 2022
  • Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)] 14.5-12 months Service request date February 19, 2021
  • Based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)] 9-6.5 months Service request date August 13, 2021
  • Based on being admitted as a Refugee [(a)(3)] 6.5-4 months Service request date October 26, 2021
  • Based on an approved asylum application [(a)(5)] 11-6.5 months Service request date June 17, 2021
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 10.5-6 months Service request date June 24, 2021
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 12-6.5 months Service request date May 19, 2021

Potomac Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

3 subtype entries
  • Based on a request by a qualified F-1 academic student [(c)(3)] 3-1.5 months Service request date February 02, 2022
  • Based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)] 12-10.5 months Service request date May 08, 2021
  • All other applications for employment authorization 9-5.5 months Service request date August 06, 2021

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

8 subtype entries
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Based on being an L-2 spouse of an L-1 nonimmigrant [(a)(18)] 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Based on an approved asylum application [(a)(5)] 3-2 months Service request date February 02, 2022
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)] learn more. to see below Service request date Not published
  • Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)] 18.5-14 months Service request date October 19, 2020
  • Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)] 4-3 months Service request date January 03, 2022
  • All other applications for employment authorization 3.5-2 months Service request date January 18, 2022

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

7 subtype entries
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 8.5-5 months Service request date August 19, 2021
  • All other applications for employment authorization 10.5-6 months Service request date June 30, 2021
  • Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)] 7.5-1.5 months Service request date September 22, 2021
  • Based on an approved, concurrently filed, I-821D [(c)(33)] 3.5-3 months Service request date January 19, 2022
  • Based on being an L-2 spouse of an L-1 nonimmigrant [(a)(18)] 11.5-7.5 months Service request date May 29, 2021
  • Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)] 10.5-6 months Service request date June 24, 2021
  • Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)] 12.5-9 months Service request date April 28, 2021
Data notes

What to know before using this page

  • Annual processing-month history for select classifications is refreshed from the official USCIS Historical Processing Times Trends factsheet (data as of March 5, 2024).
  • Current processing-time estimates in the local snapshot come from cached USCIS API responses published on March 29, 2022. They are included only as legacy context; the primary up-to-date source is the USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed and linked quarterly workbooks.
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