I-765 Processing Time (Application for Employment Authorization)

Form I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization): At a typical office, half of I-765 cases finish within about 12.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 15.4 months. The full range across case types and offices runs from 3.5 months to 2.2 years (USCIS data, July 15, 2026).

Alien with Final Order of Deportation Under an OSUP [(c)(18)]

All other applications for employment authorization

Application for Suspension of Deportation/Sec.244/NACARA/Cancel of Removal [(c)(10)]

Based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)] -renewal/replacement

Based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)] – Initial Application

Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)]

Based on a request by a qualified F-1 academic student [(c)(3)]

Based on an approved asylum application [(a)(5)]

Based on being admitted as a Refugee [(a)(3)]

Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)]

Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)]

Based on being an L-2 spouse of an L-1 nonimmigrant [(a)(18)]

Based on parole

Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)]

Use the Processing Times tool to add your filing date and see a personalized estimate for your pending case, or explore the Department of Labor queues and the Visa Bulletin waiting line on the same page.