For New York residents, including Rosedale, Queens, asylum-based I-765 applications filed with a fee waiver are sent to the USCIS Chicago lockbox, not to a local office.

Since you already have a pending asylum case and you are now applying for the asylum-based work permit by mail with a fee waiver, your application does not go to a local USCIS office or an asylum office in Queens. These applications are processed through a USCIS lockbox that handles mail filings for your state.

Because you are including a fee waiver, the application must be filed by paper and routed through the lockbox system, not submitted online. USCIS assigns lockbox locations based on the type of application and the state where you live, not your city or borough.

The important thing is that you are filing the correct form under the asylum category, including the fee waiver request, and sending it to the correct lockbox for New York residents. Local offices do not accept or forward mailed work permit applications.

Before mailing, it is always a good idea to confirm the current filing location using the official USCIS “Where to File” guidance for the work permit form under the asylum category, since filing locations can change.

This should clear the confusion about where your application needs to go and why it should not be sent locally.

I hope my response answers your question fully?