

To submit an inquiry through the USCIS Contact Center:Ĭall the USCIS Contact Center at 80. Please note that the USCIS eRequest page will create a service request number only if your case has been pending for 25 days under applicable regulations. Your email address (in order to receive a response from USCIS and a confirmation of the request).Form Sub Type: select “I765 – Based on a pending asylum application - initial”.Go to the eRequest website, select the “Case outside normal processing time” function, and complete all the fields that apply:

To submit an inquiry through the USCIS eRequest Self Service Tool: If we have not yet a made a decision on your case after it has been pending for 25 days, you may submit an inquiry to get additional information through the USCIS eRequest Self Service Tool online or by calling the USCIS Contact Center. If you are a Rosario class member and you have not received a response on your Form I-765 after it has been pending for 25 days under the applicable regulations, you should check your case status and determine whether we have already made a decision on your case or whether some other action has paused the accrual period. What to Do If You Are a Rosario Class Member and USCIS Has Not Adjudicated Your Form I-765 If you do not go to a scheduled interview with an asylum officer or a hearing before an immigration judge, USCIS will not grant your employment authorization unless you demonstrate that your failure to appear was the result of exceptional circumstances. You must establish exceptional circumstances in order to reschedule your asylum interview if more than 45 days have passed since your scheduled interview. Note: You must establish good cause if you need to reschedule your asylum interview with an asylum officer before the date of your interview, on the date of the interview, within 45 days after the interview date, or if your interview has already been rescheduled on 1 or more occasions. This means if your Form I-765 was pending for 15 days when we requested additional evidence, USCIS will restart the processing time at day 15 once we receive your response. If USCIS sends you a Request for Additional Evidence for your Form I-765, this pauses the processing time until we receive your response.This means that even if your Form I-765 was pending for 15 days when we requested initial evidence, USCIS will restart the processing time at day 1 once we receive your response. If USCIS sends you a Request for Initial Evidence for your Form I-765, the 30-day processing time frame starts over once we receive your response.Certain actions may pause this processing time: The 30-day processing time frame refers to the time during which your Form I-765 is pending and is defined at the prior regulation at 8 C.F.R. If these conditions apply, we will consider you a Rosario class member (referring to Rosario v. However, in certain circumstances, the 30-day processing time frame may be paused.) (Generally, this is calculated as 30 days from the date USCIS received your Form I-765. USCIS has not adjudicated your Form I-765 within the 30-day processing time frame.You filed your Form I-765 after your Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, had been pending for at least 150 days (the 150-day waiting period does not include any delays you caused or requested while your Form I-589 is pending with USCIS or with the Executive Office for Immigration Review) and.The following circumstances must also apply to you:.Your initial Form I-765 has not been adjudicated and.This decision may affect you if you have filed your initial Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, based on a pending asylum application and: Mayorkas that required us to process a smaller group of initial asylum-based EAD applications within 30 days. 11, 2021, preliminary injunction in Casa de Maryland Inc. The decision vacates (sets aside) the Timeline Repeal Rule, a June 22, 2020, rule that removed the requirement for USCIS to process all asylum-based EAD applications (also referred to as (c)(8)s) within 30 days. Mayorkas requires USCIS to process all initial EAD applications from asylum applicants within 30 days. 7, 2022, court decision in Asylumworks v. If you have applied for an initial Employment Authorization Document (EAD) based on a pending asylum application, you may be eligible to have your EAD processed within 30 days.Ī Feb.
