Certain parolees can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 28, 2022. Effective immediately, eligible individuals paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian or significant public benefit purposes under INA § 212(d)(5) who are eligible to seek work authorization under category (c)(11) can file Form I-765 online, with limited exceptions. 

Those seeking a waiver of the filing fee or who are eligible for a fee exemption must still file the I-765 by mail. 

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