Categories allowed for automatic extension of 180 days for EAD

September 2, 2021

(a)(3) Refugee;
(a)(5) Asylee;
(a)(7) N-8 or N-9;
(a)(8) Citizen of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, or Palau;
(a)(10) Withholding of Deportation or Removal Granted;
(a)(12) Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Granted;
(c)(8) Asylum Application Pending;
(c)(9) Pending Adjustment of Status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(c)(10) Suspension of Deportation Applicants (filed before April 1, 1997), Cancellation of Removal Applicants, and Special Rule Cancellation of Removal Applicants under NACARA;
(c)(16) Creation of record (Adjustment based on continuous residence since January 1, 1972);
(c)(19) Pending initial application for TPS where USCIS determines applicant is prima facie eligible for TPS and can receive an EAD as a “temporary treatment benefit”;
(c)(20) Section 210 Legalization (pending Form I-700);
(c)(22) Section 245A Legalization (pending Form I-687);
(c)(24) LIFE Legalization; and
(c)(31) VAWA Self-Petitioners.