I-765 Processing Time

USCIS processing snapshot: Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services publishes adjudication-time data monthly for each service center and field office handling I-765. This snapshot covers 3 offices and was last refreshed in March 2026. The average minimum processing time across reporting offices is roughly 4.5 months, with the fastest office currently at 4 months (Texas Service Center) and the slowest at 5 months (Potomac Service Center). USCIS processing time is the agency’s own reported window for cases currently receiving decisions, not a guarantee, individual cases can finish inside, at, or beyond the range depending on case complexity, RFE activity, and office workload.

How to read the range. USCIS expresses each I-765 range as a two-number window, the lower bound is the time at which 50% of cases are decided and the upper bound is the time at which 93% of cases are decided. The “receipts being processed” column shows the actual filing dates USCIS is currently working on, which is a complementary ground-truth signal: if your receipt date falls within that window, your case is likely at or near the front of the queue. The official source for real-time updates is the USCIS processing times tool.