Chart: There were nearly 850,000 asylum grantees and asylum applicants authorized to work in 2021: Employment authorization document approvals and denials for asylum grantees and applicants, initial and renewal applications, 2020 and 2021 combined

There were nearly 850,000 asylum grantees and asylum applicants authorized to work in 2021: Employment authorization document approvals and denials for asylum grantees and applicants, initial and renewal applications, 2020 and 2021 combined

	Approvals of EADs for asylum grantees and asylum applicants	Denials of EADs for asylum grantees and asylum applicants
2021	849,429	107,957

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Note: Initial and renewal applications for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 have been combined because approvals are valid for two years.

Source: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, "Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization, All Receipts, Approvals, Denials Grouped by Eligibility Category and Filing Type," data tables for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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