I-765 Processing Time: Historical USCIS Averages and Definitions
Latest verified reporting month: July 2026. 1 published form/category observations, measured in months. These data are not a prediction for a pending case, time remaining, a legal deadline or a promise from USCIS.
How we estimate
We retain the official report, checksum, reporting month, form and category. Averages use completed cases in that month. Counts are reported separately; pending cannot be calculated from receipts minus approvals and denials. Revisions retain prior artifacts.
Use the official tool for the published estimate for your form, category and office. These historical statistics describe cases already completed.
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The monthly I-765 average covers all reported eligibility categories. It is not an asylum-based (c)(8) EAD estimate.
Source database query period: 2026-08
Artifact captured / recovered: October 6, 2026
Last artifact verification: October 6, 2026
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Filters change the explorer below. The published report table keeps its original reporting month and service-wide averages.
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| Form | Category | Published value | Received | Approved | Denied | Pending | Pending over six months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-765 | All reported categories | 5.8 months | 153,170 | 135,089 | 30,068 | 2,100,336 | 1,383,136 |
Form categories differ
I-765 — I-765 covers employment authorization. The service-wide report combines eligibility categories and filing types. Do not apply its average to a pending-asylum (c)(8) application.
I-589: no verified processing-time figure is published here. Asylum-office workloads and completed court durations do not establish an I-589 wait estimate.
USCIS affirmative asylum statistics →Historical observations
Charts require at least two real compatible observations. Missing months stay gaps; metrics, categories, offices and units are never spliced together.
One verified monthly observation is available. A historical trend is not yet published.
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Sources, dates and limitations
We retain the official report, checksum, reporting month, form and category. Averages use completed cases in that month. Counts are reported separately; pending cannot be calculated from receipts minus approvals and denials. Revisions retain prior artifacts.
These data are not a prediction for a pending case, time remaining, a legal deadline or a promise from USCIS.
Key facts
Latest verified reporting month: July 2026. 1 published form/category observations, measured in months.
These data are not a prediction for a pending case, time remaining, a legal deadline or a promise from USCIS.
The monthly I-765 average covers all reported eligibility categories. It is not an asylum-based (c)(8) EAD estimate.
- Completed-case average (mean)
- Arithmetic mean of receipt-to-completion months for cases completed during the reporting month, across USCIS.
- Historical national median
- Time within which half of cases were completed during the stated fiscal-year period. Different from the arithmetic mean.
- Office 80th-percentile estimate
- Published time within which 80% of cases were completed for a particular form, category and office; different from a national average.
- Case-inquiry threshold
- Published elapsed-time threshold for a case inquiry. It is separate from the 80th-percentile estimate and does not establish inquiry eligibility for your case.
Guides
Frequently asked questions
What do USCIS processing averages measure?
The official monthly report gives the arithmetic mean time from receipt to completion for cases completed in that month, across USCIS. It is different from a historical national median, an office 80th-percentile estimate and a case-inquiry threshold.
Does this processing time predict my pending case?
No. Completed cases are not the same population as pending cases. These data do not estimate time remaining, guarantee a decision date or establish eligibility for an inquiry. Use the official USCIS tool and case-status service.
Is there an I-589 asylum processing-time estimate?
We do not publish an I-589 number without verified source evidence. The monthly report has no I-589 row. I-485 asylum adjustment and asylum-office workloads are different measures; consult the official USCIS tool.
Is the I-765 average the wait for an asylum-based EAD?
No. The service-wide I-765 monthly average combines reported eligibility categories. A pending-asylum (c)(8) office estimate must identify that specific category and metric with its own dated source.
How are AI-assisted observations checked?
Two independent web-search extractions must agree on every cell and cite at least two independent publishers, including USCIS. They must pass definition, date and baseline plausibility checks. Accepted rows carry an AI-assisted label and remain queued for original-artifact re-verification; disagreements stay in review.