September 2024 Immigration Processing Times: What You Need to Know
Hello, Immigration Nation!
It’s time to dive into the latest updates on processing times for September 2024. Are you ready? Let’s get started!
Family-Based Immigration
Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative)
- Permanent Resident Filing for a Spouse or Child Under 21
- All Service Centers: Processing times vary. Check your estimated case timeline by logging into your account.
- National Benefit Center: 54 months
- All Field Offices: 80 months. Patience is key!
- U.S. Citizen Filing for a Spouse, Parent, or Child Under 21
- All Service Centers: 15 months
- National Benefit Center: 40 months
- All Field Offices: 60.5 months
- U.S. Citizen Filing for an Unmarried Son/Daughter (21 or Older)
- All Service Centers: Prioritized based on the Visa Bulletin availability.
- National Benefit Center: 61.5 months
- All Field Offices: 85.5 months
- Permanent Resident Filing for an Unmarried Son/Daughter (21 or Older)
- All Service Centers: Prioritized based on Visa Bulletin availability.
- National Benefit Center: 52 months
- All Field Offices: 102.5 months
- U.S. Citizen Filing for a Married Son or Daughter
- All Service Centers: Prioritized based on Visa Bulletin availability.
- National Benefit Center: 55 months
- All Field Offices: 119.5 months
- U.S. Citizen Filing for a Brother or Sister
- All Service Centers: Prioritized based on Visa Bulletin availability.
- National Benefit Center: 56 months
- All Field Offices: 91.5 months
Travel and Refugee Documents
Form I-131 (Application for Travel Document)
- Re-entry Permit or Refugee Travel Document
- Nebraska: 15 months
- Advance Parole
- California: 14 months
- National Benefit Center: 12 months
- Nebraska: 4 months (remarkably short wait time)
- Texas: 27 months
- Vermont: 8 months
Form I-918 (Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status)
- All Service Centers: 58 months
Form I-914 (Petition for T Nonimmigrant Status)
- Vermont: 17 months (great progress!)
Form I-730 (Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition)
- All Service Centers: 8.5 months
Form I-601 (Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility)
- Nebraska and All Field Offices: 27.5 months
Form I-601A (Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver)
- All Service Centers: 43 months
Form I-212 (Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission After Deportation)
- Nebraska: 28.5 months
- All Field Offices: 29.5 months
TPS and Re-registration Processing Times
Form I-821 (Application for Temporary Protected Status)
- Afghanistan
- Vermont: 14 months
- Burma
- California: 5 months
- Cameroon
- Nebraska: 13 months
- El Salvador
- Texas: 9 months
- Vermont: 16 months
- Re-registration in El Salvador
- Nebraska: 9.5 months
- Texas: 8 months
- Vermont: 8 months
- Haiti
- California: 11.5 months
- Honduras
- Vermont: 18 months
- Honduras Re-registration
- Vermont: 6.5 months
- Nepal
- Nebraska: 17 months
- Nepal Re-registration
- Nebraska: 5 months
- Nicaragua
- Texas: 4 months
- Nicaragua Re-registration
- Texas: 3 months
- Somalia
- Vermont: 13.5 months
- Somalia Re-registration
- Vermont: 65.5 months
- South Sudan
- Vermont: 9.5 months
- Registration for South Sudan
- Vermont: 5.5 months
- Sudan
- Vermont: 8.5 months
- Sudan Re-registration
- Vermont: 6.5 months
- Syria
- Vermont: 12 months
- Syria Re-registration
- Vermont: 3 months
- Ukraine
- Nebraska: 4.5 months
- Venezuela
- Potomac: 7 months
- Yemen
- Vermont: 16.5 months
- Yemen Re-registration
- Vermont: 35 months
Form I-821D (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – DACA)
- Renewal
- Nebraska: 4.5 months (great news!)
- Vermont: All Form I-821D renewal requests are currently processed at the Nebraska Service Center, with some remaining at the Vermont Service Center. For specific case information, use the Case Status Online Tool.
- Request for Deferred Action
- California: USCIS has suspended processing time calculations for initial DACA requests due to a court order.
- Vermont: Same situation as California.
Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status)
- Employment-Based Adjustments
- Mount Laurel, NJ: 8 months
- Newark, NJ: 13 months
- Family-Based Adjustments
- Mount Laurel, NJ: 18.5 months
- Newark, NJ: 19 months
Under the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA)
- Based on Asylum Grant More Than 1 Year Ago
- All Field Offices: 30 months
- Based on Refugee Admission More Than 1 Year Ago
- All Field Offices: 30.5 months
- Based on Approved T Visa
- Vermont: 37.5 months
- Based on Approved U Visa
- Nebraska: 14 months
- Vermont: 34 months
Employment-Based Immigration
Form I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization)
- H-4 Spouse of an H-1B Nonimmigrant
- California: 3.5 months
- Nebraska: 2 months
- Texas: 4.5 months
- Vermont: 5 months
- L-2 Spouse of an L-1 Nonimmigrant
- California and Texas: 6.5 months
- Vermont: 49 months
- Refugee Admission
- Nebraska: 2 months
- Approved Asylum Application
- Nebraska: 3 months
- Texas: 12 months
- Application for Suspension of Deportation
- National Benefit Center: 17 months
- Based on Parole
- National Benefit Center: 1.2 months
- Alien with Final Order of Deportation Under OSUP
- National Benefit Center: 5 months
- Qualified F-1 Academic Student
- Potomac: 4 months
- Approved, Concurrently Filed I-821D
- California: USCIS has halted processing time calculations for initial DACA requests due to a court order.
- Nebraska: 5.5 months
- Vermont: All Form I-765 renewal applications are processed at the Nebraska Service Center, with some remaining at Vermont.
- Pending Asylum Application (c-8) Renewal
- All Service Centers: 13.5 months
- Pending Asylum Application (c-8) Initial Application
- All Service Centers: 1 month
- Pending I-485 Adjustment Application
- California: 4 months
- National Benefit Center: 6.5 months
- Nebraska: 3.5 months
- Texas: 5 months
- Vermont: 7.5 months
- TPS for El Salvador
- Texas: 8.5 months
- Vermont: 8 months
- Haiti Extension
- California: 13.5 months
- All Other Applications for Employment Authorization
- California: 14 months
- National Benefit Center: 4.5 months
- Nebraska: 8 months
- Potomac: 4.5 months
- Texas: 3 months
- Vermont: 13 months
Form I-526 (Immigrant Investor Program)
- Mainland China: 90.5 months
- All Other Areas: 55 months
Form I-751 (Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence)
- California: 24.5 months
- Nebraska: 18 months
- Potomac: 33 months
- Texas: 31 months
- Vermont: 26.5 months
- All Field Offices: 31.5 months
Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization)
- Mount Laurel, NJ: 8.5 months
- Newark, NJ: 8.5 months
Form N-600 (Application for Recognition of U.S. Citizenship)
- Mount Laurel and Newark, NJ: 5.5 months
Form I-829 (Investor Green Card Application)
- Immigrant Investor Program Office: 54 months
Form I-824 (Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition)
- California: 5.5 months
- National Benefit Center: 7.5 months
- Nebraska: 9.5 months
- Potomac: 12.5 months
- Texas: 14 months
- Vermont: 16 months
Form I-360 (Special Immigrants)
- California: 5.5 months
- Nebraska: 12 months
- Vermont: 20.5 months
VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)
- All Service Centers: 40 months
Religious Workers
- California: 6 months
Afghan or Iraqi Translators and Workers for U.S. Government
- Nebraska: 3.5 months
Form I-140 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker)
- Extraordinary Ability (E11)
- Nebraska: 13 months
- Texas: 15 months
- Outstanding Professor or Researcher (E12)
- Nebraska: 10.5 months
- Texas: 9.5 months
- Multinational Executive or Manager (E13)
- Nebraska: 10.5 months
- Texas: 9 months
- Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability (E21)
- Nebraska: 7.5 months
- Texas: 8 months
- Skilled Worker or Professional (E31, E32)
- Nebraska: 7.5 months
- Texas: 8 months
- Unskilled Worker (EW3)
- Nebraska: 8.5 months
- Texas: 8 months
- Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability Requesting a National Interest Waiver (NIW)
- Nebraska: 10.5 months
- Texas: 9 months
- Schedule a Nurse
- Nebraska: 11.5 months
- Texas: 8.5 months
That wraps up our September 2024 updates! How have you been navigating your immigration journey? Share your experiences and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions. Remember, we’re all in this together!
