I-765 Case Tracker & Status Guide
From receipt to "Card Was Mailed" — track your work permit and its production milestones.
What is Form I-765?
Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, requests an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) — the physical work permit. It is filed by many categories: adjustment applicants, DACA recipients, asylum seekers, OPT students, and more.
Because the EAD is a physical card, the most useful signals appear late in the process: card-production and USPS mailing events that the internal API surfaces in detail.
The I-765 milestone sequence
Behind each plain-English status the public site shows, USCIS records an internal event code. Here is the typical I-765 ladder and the codes that drive it:
How long does I-765 take?
Processing depends on the underlying category and eligibility code (e.g. (c)(9) for adjustment, (c)(33) for DACA, (c)(3) for students). Card-production and mailing steps often update in the API before the public tracker.
Common I-765 questions
What does "New Card Is Being Produced" mean?
Your EAD was approved and the physical card is being printed. A mailing event and USPS tracking typically follow within days.
How do I track my EAD card in the mail?
Once the card-was-mailed event appears, USCIS hands it to USPS. The internal API often exposes the tracking reference before the public site does.
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