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I-131 processing times

Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records. Newest: Apr–Jun 2026.

If you file today, most likely
5–10 months
could be 4–18 months
How we worked this out

The range starts from USCIS’s median of 5.8 months for Apr–Jun 2026 and widens it by how far real waits landed from the median in past quarters. In past quarters, the typical wait fell in the most likely range about half the time, and in the could-be range 8 times in 10.

Time to clear backlog

21 months

up from 17 months

Pending applications

425,511

+13% vs. previous quarter

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

61,991

−9% vs. previous quarter

Approval rate

71%

−16 pts vs. previous quarter
Special cases:

Usually filed with the I-485 and the I-765 work permit. The marriage green card timeline puts the whole wait as dates.

If you file today

CategoryMost likely (50%)Could be (80%)USCIS median
Other Travel Documents11–18 months8–24 months14.4 months
Advance Parole5–10 months4–18 months5.8 months
Parole in Place13–24 months9–45 months14.6 months

What happened to the applications

  • Approved
  • Denied
  • Pending at quarter end
  • Filed
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Source: USCIS’s quarterly All USCIS Application and Petition Form Types reports, via the Immigration and Citizenship Data page. A diamond marks a pending count that doesn't match the quarter before's count plus the quarter's filings minus its decisions: it is what USCIS reported, but USCIS doesn't say why they differ, so the pages draw no conclusions from it.

USCIS median and backlog over time

Time to clear backlog is how long USCIS would need to decide every pending case if it kept deciding them at the same speed. It is not your wait: the pile includes cases on hold and cases USCIS cannot decide yet.

How to read the chart

For Apr–Jun 2024, USCIS published the quarter before's medians again, so the chart has none for Apr–Jun 2024.

  • Time to clear backlog
  • USCIS median processing time
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USCIS’s median is how long the cases it decided in the quarter had taken. A diamond marks a pending count that doesn't match the quarter before's count plus the quarter's filings minus its decisions: it is what USCIS reported, but USCIS doesn't say why they differ, so the pages draw no conclusions from it.

By category, Apr–Jun 2026

CategoryReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingUSCIS median
Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records21,90413,5511,255120,76814.4 months
Application for Advance Parole Document for Aliens Inside the United States113,62743,79118,200425,5115.8 months
Application for Travel Document, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records (Parole in Place)5,35284553529,02214.6 months
Application for Initial Parole Document for Aliens Outside the United States64410246932,373n/a