H4 EAD Application – Employment Authorization Document

H4 visa-based EAD can be applied using paper application only, as an online application is not available.

If you are filing H4 visa EAD Form I-765, along with other forms, such as Form I-539 (Extension/Change of Non-Immigrant Stay), please file both the forms at the location specified in the other form. Otherwise, please follow the instructions here.

The location to file H4 visa EAD Form I-765 depends upon the receipt number for your H-1B principal spouse’s most recent Form I-797 Notice of Approval for Form I-129.

If that receipt number begins with EAD or LIN, file with the USCIS Dallas Lockbox Facility. If it begins with WAC, file with the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox Facility.

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
PO Box 660921
Dallas, TX 75266

For Express Mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: H4
2501 S. State Hwy. 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 20400
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

Tips

• No online filing is available. You must send the paper application by mail or courier.
• H4 visa EAD must be filed as regular processing only as premium processing is not available.
• Concurrent filing for EAD (Form I-765) along with H-4 visa application (Form I-539, Change of Status or Extension of Status) is allowed. However, an H-4 visa petition would have to be approved first before the EAD can be approved. USCIS may process both the petitions concurrently, but they don’t have to.
• EAD end date will coincide with the H-4 visa status validity date.
• When you apply for an EAD extension, and if the current EAD expires, there will be no 240-day grace period to continue working.

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