Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse

Section 814(c) of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005) amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide eligibility for employment authorization to certain abused spouses of nonimmigrants admitted under INA section 101(a)(15)(A), (E)(iii), (G), or (H). This provision is codified in INA section 106. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use Form I-765V, Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse, to collect the information that is necessary to determine if the applicant is eligible for an initial EAD or renewal EAD as a qualifying abused nonimmigrant spouse.

The latest form for Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse expires 2022-07-31 and can be found here.

⏳ Form I-765V Processing Time / Approval Rate - Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse

Document Name
I765V-010-INS-TOC-FeeRule-OPSReview-FR-10172023.docx Supplementary Document
SORN 018 DHS_USCIS IBBC 20180731.pdf Supplementary Document
SORN 001 AFileIndexNFTS 2017 09 18.pdf Supplementary Document
I-765V-010-REV_FinalFeeRule_SupportingStatement.docx Supporting Statement A
privacy-pia-016a-uscis-claims3-march25,2016.pdf Supplementary Document
DHS-USCIS-007_SORN_101019.pdf Supplementary Document
PLAW-109publ162 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005).pdf Supplementary Document
INA-ACT 106 EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR BATTERED SPOUSES OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS.pdf Supplementary Document
103.16 Collection, use and storage of biometric information..pdf Supplementary Document
8 U.S.C. 1324a.pdf Supplementary Document
8 CFR Part 274a.pdf Supplementary Document
8 CFR 103.2.pdf Supplementary Document
Biometrics
Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse Instruction

202401-1615-031 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2024-02-09
202212-1615-016 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-01-24
202201-1615-002 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2022-03-26
202009-1615-017 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2020-09-15
201805-1615-007 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2019-01-31
201610-1615-010 Approved with change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2016-11-30

Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse

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Form I-765V	Application for Employment Authorization for Abused Nonimmigrant Spouse	www.uscis.gov/i-765v	Form
Form		www.uscis.gov/i-765v	Instruction

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