Don’t let despair overtake you if you lose your work permit (EAD Card) due to carelessness or in an emergency situation. This valuable information offered by Latino Migrants will be appreciated by you and those who live and work in the United States.

They explain that the EAD card – the Employment Authorization Document, for the acronym in English) – “corresponds to a work permit that allows a foreigner to legally work” on US soil.

“With this red card you can apply for the Real ID in the medium term,” they explain.

How much does it cost and what is the process to process and renew the work permit in the United States?

How to recover the work permit: Step by step

Latino Migrants explains in great detail what to do if you have lost your document.

How to Fill Form I-765?

Online procedure, announced in January

At the end of January 2023, the US Immigration Service announced “the opening of a digital counter where asylum seekers can apply for a work permit (work permit) online”.

El Universo reported at the time that “the measure, which came into force on the 23rd of that month, is aimed at asylum seekers who have a work permit under category (c)(8), that is, political asylum”.

USCIS said that as of that date, “certain asylum seekers may submit online Form I-765 or the Application for Employment Authorization, EAD.”

With information from Latino Migrants.