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 13.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 15.9 months. The full range across case types and offices runs from 3.5 months to 2.3 years (USCIS data, August 17, 2026).

Trend: a year ago, a typical office's median for I-765 was 4.5 months; today it is 12 months — about 7.5 months slower than last year.

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.