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Showing number of cases received and number of cases completed by outcome per semi-monthly period (1st - 15th and 16th - end of month). Case receipts are grouped by date of receipt, decisions are grouped by date of completion.

Contains data on receipts, approvals, and denials for I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. Data are classified by eligibility category and filing type for fiscal year 2022.

Our staff is responsible for researching, writing, and preserving the history of federal immigration and naturalization services, from 1891 to today.

Alert: On Sept. 8, 2022, DHS announced a final rule that will implement the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The final rule will be effective on Dec. 23, 2022, and will apply to applications postmarked (or electronically submitted) on or after that date.

Alert: On Dec. 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule will go into effect.

USCIS has a legacy of more than 100 years of federal immigration and naturalization administration. Federal oversight of immigration began in 1891, when Congress created the first Office of Immigration in the Treasury Department. As immigration grew over the following decades, so did the duties of federal immigration employees. By 1906, lawmakers voted to reform the nation’s pathway to citizenship, and the Bureau of Immigration added oversight of naturalization to its responsibilities.

Final Rule to Restore Asylum Regulations Consistent with Asylumworks Vacatur

Alert: More recent information is available on our Fiscal Year 2023 Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs.