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Effective October 5, 2016, USCIS has increased the validity period for initial or renewal Employment Authorization Documents for asylum applicants from one year to two years. Applicants with pending asylum claims file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, under category (c)(8). This change applies to all (c)(8)-based applications that are pending as of October 5, 2016 and all such applications filed on or after October 5, 2016.

USCIS recently updated the following form(s):

USCIS published new Form I-765V, Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse. The edition date is 01/19/17. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the Form and Instructions.

For more information, please visit the website.

Notice from USCIS: If you are filing Form I-765, please confirm you have downloaded the correct Form I-765.

***Please note that you may not apply for employment authorization under the new H-4 rule until May 26, 2015***

USCIS recently published the revised Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization with a 02/13/15, edition date. You can download the revised form and details about who may file and where to file Form I-765 from the USCIS forms page.

The revised Form I-765 contains the eligibility category (c)(26) for certain

REMINDER: Do NOT submit an application for employment authorization (Form I-765) before May 26, 2015. USCIS will not accept a Form I-765 requesting employment authorization based on your H-4 status until the H-4 rule takes effect on May 26, 2015. If you submit a Form I-765 requesting employment authorization on this basis before May 26, 2015, USCIS will reject and return your application with the filing fee. You would then need to re-submit the application on or after May 26, 2015.

USCIS announced that it will automatically extend parole, and employment authorization if applicable, for certain aliens present in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). This specific extension of parole will apply only to current parolees whose parole status will expire on June 29, 2020.

Release Date 08/11/2020

USCIS announced that it will automatically extend parole, and employment authorization if applicable, for parolees who timely applied for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) long-term resident status.

Starting 10/19/20, USCIS will only accept the 07/23/20 edition. Until then, you can use the 01/19/17 edition. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse07/23/2020 12:23 PM EDTFor more information, please visit  Forms Updates page.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  announced a temporary final rule to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) by using government-contracted telephonic interpreters for affirmative asylum interviews at no cost to the applicant.