A free tool built to help asylum seekers in the United States understand and calculate their work authorization timeline.
Disclaimer: AsyClock is an educational tool and does not provide legal advice. We are not affiliated with USCIS, the Department of Homeland Security, or any government agency. Always consult a qualified immigration attorney for advice specific to your situation.
Apollonnius Alex Fils Desir is the founder and editor of AsyClock. He built this tool after seeing — repeatedly, in his own community — how asylum seekers missed critical EAD filing windows simply because the 150-day and 180-day rules are buried in USCIS policy manuals and written in language most people cannot parse.
His work focuses on one thing: taking the parts of the US immigration system that cause the most confusion and explaining them in plain English that someone without legal training can actually use. Every calculator, guide, and article on AsyClock exists because a real person needed that information and could not easily find it.
He covers USCIS policy updates, asylum procedural changes, and immigration news with cited sources. Articles aim to rely on official primary materials where available and are reviewed for sourcing, readability, and apparent factual issues before publication. Nothing on this site is legal advice — for guidance specific to your case, consult a qualified immigration attorney.
Contact: contact@asyclock.com
AsyClock was created with a single goal: to make the complex asylum EAD eligibility process understandable and accessible to everyone — regardless of their legal expertise or English proficiency.
The 150-day and 180-day rules governing asylum work authorization are poorly understood by many applicants, often leading to filing errors that cost time, money, and opportunity. Asylum seekers also face challenges with clock stoppages that can unexpectedly delay their eligibility dates.
AsyClock provides a free, private, no-signup calculator that turns the receipt date and stopped-day total from an official clock record into a plain-language estimate users can verify before filing.
The AsyClock calculator helps asylum seekers estimate two important dates:
Both dates are estimated from the relevant I-589 receipt or filing date and the total stopped days shown in USCIS CSOL for an affirmative case or the official EOIR clock record for a defensive case.
Estimates a 150-day Form I-765 filing date using the stopped-day total from your official clock record.
Estimates the 180-day EAD eligibility date and presents it on a clear visual timeline.
Uses the total stopped days exactly as shown in USCIS CSOL or an official EOIR clock record rather than estimating delays by category.
Guides, FAQs, and immigration news to help you understand the full asylum EAD process.
AsyClock is designed with privacy in mind. When you use the calculator without saving a case or creating an account:
Account, community, saved-case, marketplace, messaging, reminder, and email features may collect information needed to provide those services. Read our full Privacy Policy for details.
AsyClock is designed for:
Important: The calculator is most straightforward for affirmative USCIS cases using a USCIS receipt date and CSOL stopped-day total. A defensive applicant may use it only as a general estimate with the relevant filing date and stopped-day total from the official EOIR clock record; the official record controls.
AsyClock also publishes educational immigration articles and explainers. We aim to keep those pages source-backed, readable, and clear about what is factual reporting versus general guidance.
Read our Editorial Policy for details on sourcing, updates, corrections, and our legal-information disclaimer.
For feedback, bug reports, corrections, or questions about the tool or an article, reach out directly:
Email: contact@asyclock.com
For immigration legal advice specific to your situation, please consult a qualified immigration attorney — AsyClock cannot provide case-specific legal guidance.