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Track EAD Status: Follow Your I-765 Work Permit Case

An Employment Authorization Document (EAD), or work permit, is requested with Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.[1]

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Typical Stages for EAD

An I-765 case usually moves through the stages below. Not every case has every step. Each code links to its page in our status code library.[3]

  1. Received

    USCIS accepts the application and sends a receipt notice with the receipt number you use to check the case.[3][2]

  2. Biometrics

    If USCIS needs your biometrics, such as fingerprints, a photograph or a signature, it schedules a biometric services appointment.[4]

  3. Evidence request

    An officer may ask for more evidence. The request states the deadline to respond.[5]

  4. Decision

    USCIS orders and sends the decision notice.[3]

  5. Card

    For an approved case, USCIS produces the card and mails it by USPS Priority Mail to the address in your application.[1][3]

Current EAD Processing Times

Form I-765, across offices

12.2–18.3 months

  • National Benefits Center12.5–18.3 months
  • Service Center Operations12.2–16.3 months

USCIS published · All I-765 offices and forms

The range is the ImmigrationTimes.org summary across all I-765 eligibility categories, averaged per office. USCIS publishes a separate time for each category on its processing times page, and yours can fall outside this range.[6][7]

Data: ImmigrationTimes.org (CC BY 4.0), from USCIS published processing times. These describe past cases: not a prediction for yours.

EAD Questions

How do I track my EAD status?

Use USCIS Case Status Online with the receipt number, or sign in to your USCIS online account for your most recent case updates. To read the full event history in plain English, paste the case data from your account into the case check on this page.

Source[2]

How is the EAD card delivered?

USCIS mails the card by USPS Priority Mail to the address you gave in your application.

Source[1]

What do the card produced and card mailed updates mean?

They come from separate event codes: LDA records that USCIS produced the card, and LEA that it mailed the card. Our status code library explains each code and how sure its meaning is.

Source[3]

What does a Request for Evidence on my I-765 mean?

An officer needs more evidence to decide the application. It is not a denial. The request states the deadline for your response.

Source[5]

How long does an EAD take?

USCIS publishes I-765 processing times by eligibility category. The range on this page summarizes those numbers through ImmigrationTimes.org. It describes past cases and is not a prediction for yours.

Source[6][7]

Related

Not legal advice. This page is general information from public sources. For advice about your own case, talk to an immigration attorney or accredited representative. CaseTicker is not affiliated with USCIS. Not legal advice.

Sources

Checked . Numbers in brackets in the text point here.

  1. [1]I-765, Application for Employment AuthorizationUSCIS
  2. [2]Checking Your Case Status OnlineUSCIS
  3. [3]NIEM 5.0 BenefitDocumentStatusCategoryCodeSimpleTypeNIEM
  4. [4]Preparing for Your Biometric Services AppointmentUSCIS
  5. [5]Policy Manual: Evidence (Requests for Evidence and NOIDs)USCIS
  6. [6]Check Case Processing TimesUSCIS
  7. [7]Open Data (CC BY 4.0)ImmigrationTimes.org

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