Alabama - Get an Employment Authorization Card
ProcedureEdit
Apply Online:
- To Get an Employment Authorization Card, the applicant has to make the application via following Link
- The applicant has to click the “File online”.
- If the applicant is a new user, click the “Create account” button.
- Enter the details and click the “Sign up”.
- Now the applicant has to enter the email id, and password and click the “Sign In” button.
- The applicant has to select the type of application.
- Enter all the necessary details in the application form.
- Make sure that the applicant has to upload all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
- The fee for this procedure is mentioned in the “Fees” section of this page.
- After completion of all the steps click the “Submit” button.
- USCIS may require that the applicant appears for an interview or provide fingerprints, photographs, and/or signatures at any time to verify the identity and other information.
- The applicant gets the appointment slot date and time from the officer through call or mail.
- The applicant has to visit for the biometric purpose.
- Once the verification process gets completed, the applicant will get the notification through mail.
- Now the applicant can download the certificate through login to the account.
- The processing time for this procedure takes up to 2 – 4 weeks.
Apply by Mail:
- To Get an Employment Authorization Card, the applicant has to use approach the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security link
- Note:
- The applicant has to mail the application to appropriate filing location based on their categories.
- Applications that are not mailed to the appropriate filing location may experience processing delays.
- The applicant has to download the application form from the following link
- The applicant has to enter all the details in the application form.
- Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
- The applicant has to attach photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting it.
- Submit all the necessary documents along with the completed form to the nearest office.
- The mailing address is given in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
- The fee for this procedure is mentioned in the “Fees” section of this page.
- USCIS may require that the applicant appears for an interview or provide fingerprints, photographs, and/or signatures at any time to verify the identity and other information.
- The applicant gets the appointment slot date and time from the officer through call or mail.
- The applicant has to visit for the biometric purpose.
- Once the verification process gets completed, the applicant will get the notification through mail.
- The applicant will get the certificate through mail.
- The processing time for this procedure takes up to 2 – 4 weeks.
Required DocumentsEdit
- Application form link
- Arrival/Departure Record (front and back)
- Two identical passport-style photographs
- Copy of passport
- Proof of identity (Birth Certificate, Driving License etc)
- Note: Use the following link to know more about the required documents link
Office Locations & ContactsEdit
USCIS Dallas Lockbox
U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS
Attn: I-765 C08
P.O. Box 650888
Dallas, TX 75265-0888
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-765 C08 (Box 650888)
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003
USCIS Chicago Lockbox
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Attn: I-765 C03
P.O. Box 805373
Chicago, IL 60680-5374
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-765 C03 (Box 805373)
131 South Dearborn - 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517
USCIS Phoenix Lockbox
U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS
Attn: H4
P.O. Box 20400
Phoenix, AZ 85036-0400
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: H4 (Box 20400)
1820 E. Skyharbor Circle S
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85034-4850
Contact details link
- Important Note: The applicant has to mail the application to appropriate filing location based on their categories. Applications that are not mailed to the appropriate filing location may experience processing delays.
EligibilityEdit
- Any person who intends to obtain Employment Authorization Card is eligible to make this application.
FeesEdit
- The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee of $410 to obtain employment authorization card.
ValidityEdit
- Mostly the Employment Authorization cards (EAD) are valid for one year, but it may differ from case to case.
Documents to UseEdit
- Application form link
Sample DocumentsEdit
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Processing TimeEdit
- This entire process can be completed within 2 – 4 weeks or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.
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InstructionsEdit
- Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
- Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
- Instructions for filling application form link
Required InformationEdit
- Legal name of the applicant
- Father’s name
- Mother’s name
- Age
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Country
- City
- State
- Zip code
- Mobile number
- Social Security number
- Alien registration number
- USCIS online account number
- Particulars of interpreter
Need for the DocumentEdit
- Employment authorization document or EAD card, known popularly as a work permit, is a document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that provides temporary employment authorization to noncitizens in the United States.
- EAD IS one way to prove that the applicant is authorized to work in the United States for a specific time period.
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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit
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