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I-131 processing time

Application for Travel Document

Filed for advance parole (travel while an I-485 is pending), a reentry permit, a refugee travel document or parole.

USCIS decided half its advance parole, from inside the u.s. I-131s within 5.8 months in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), its median.

Median, FY26 Q3

5.8 months

0.7 months quicker than FY26 Q2

Advance parole, from inside the U.S.

Waiting at the quarter's end

607,674

11% more than FY26 Q2

Every I-131 line, FY26 Q3

Received in the quarter

141,527

3% fewer than FY26 Q2

FY26 Q3

Approved, of those decided

74%

13 points below FY26 Q2

58,289 approved, 20,459 denied

Median months, quarter by quarter

Half of each quarter's decided I-131s took less time than this. FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) to FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).

  • Advance parole, from inside the U.S.

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    I-131, Advance parole, from inside the U.S.: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 4.7
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 6
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 5.8
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 6.8
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 5.8
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 5.6
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 6.9
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 8.4
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 6.5
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 5.8

  • Parole in place

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    I-131, Parole in place: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 5
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 4.4
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 3.9
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 3.8
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 4.9
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 4.1
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 5.4
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 8.3
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 12.6
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 14.6

  • Travel documents and parole records

    FY26 Q1 FY26 Q3
    I-131, Travel documents and parole records: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 15.2
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 15.2
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 14.4

  • Parole, from outside the U.S.

    FY26 Q1 FY26 Q3
    I-131, Parole, from outside the U.S.: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 0
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 0
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 0

  • Travel documents (until FY2025)

    FY24 Q1 FY25 Q4
    • No record for this period
    I-131, Travel documents (until FY2025): median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 15.5
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 14.5
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 14
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 13.7
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 13.4
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 12.9
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 14.8

  • Humanitarian parole (until FY2025)

    FY24 Q1 FY25 Q4
    • No record for this period
    I-131, Humanitarian parole (until FY2025): median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) No record
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) No record
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 0
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 0
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 0
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 0

A dashed frame is a quarter whose workbook no one kept: USCIS keeps only its last four quarters, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of FY24 Q2.

What USCIS took in, decided and had waiting

Every I-131 line together, each quarter.

  • Received

    182,714

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    I-131: received, each quarter
    Period received
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 167,598
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 182,714
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 158,669
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 140,742
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 109,377
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 98,945
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 95,478
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 115,820
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 145,333
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 141,527

  • Decided

    244,898

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    I-131: decided, each quarter
    Period decided
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 122,818
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 199,397
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 244,898
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 179,420
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 123,923
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 83,414
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 72,340
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 48,345
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 84,426
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 78,807

  • Waiting at the quarter's end

    607,674

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    I-131: waiting at the quarter's end, each quarter
    Period waiting
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 579,824
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 512,076
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 436,097
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 416,162
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 401,256
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 410,416
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 427,040
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 487,109
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 546,459
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 607,674

Medians from FY2016

The only longer history USCIS has published for its medians, one figure a fiscal year.

  • Advance parole, from inside the U.S.

    FY2016 FY2024
    • Still filling
    I-131, Advance parole, from inside the U.S.: median months each fiscal year, FY2016 to FY2024
    Period months
    FY2016 2.3
    FY2017 3
    FY2018 3.6
    FY2019 4.5
    FY2020 4.6
    FY2021 7.7
    FY2022 7.3
    FY2023 5.8
    FY2024 4.4 so far

  • Parole in place

    FY2016 FY2024
    • Still filling
    I-131, Parole in place: median months each fiscal year, FY2016 to FY2024
    Period months
    FY2016 2.2
    FY2017 2.5
    FY2018 3.3
    FY2019 3.3
    FY2020 4.8
    FY2021 4.9
    FY2022 4.7
    FY2023 5.4
    FY2024 4.8 so far

  • Travel documents (until FY2025)

    FY2016 FY2024
    • Still filling
    I-131, Travel documents (until FY2025): median months each fiscal year, FY2016 to FY2024
    Period months
    FY2016 4
    FY2017 4.2
    FY2018 2.9
    FY2019 2.8
    FY2020 4
    FY2021 7.2
    FY2022 10.6
    FY2023 15.9
    FY2024 15.5 so far

FY2024 there covers October 2023 to January 2024 only (hatched), as USCIS's factsheet says. The factsheet is dated 2024-03-05.

Where to go next

Other forms

Why USCIS's own case page shows a different time

This is USCIS's median: half of the cases it finished in a quarter took less time than this. Its processing-times page prints a different figure, the time within which it finished 80% of recent cases, so it reads longer. Both are USCIS's, and the hub sets them side by side for the I-140.

USCIS quarterly form data through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

USCIS quarterly form data: USCIS quarterly all-forms performance data (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

What this data includes

USCIS quarterly form data: Every USCIS form's receipts, approvals, denials, pending count and MEDIAN months to a decision, per quarter, as USCIS publishes them. The median isn't the 80th-percentile figure on USCIS's processing-times page.

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