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I-824 processing time
Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
Filed to ask USCIS to send an approval to a consulate, or to notify the consulate for a family member following to join.
USCIS decided half its I-824s within 5.6 months in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), its median.
Median, FY26 Q3
5.6 months
2.9 months quicker than FY26 Q2Half were decided sooner
Waiting at the quarter's end
17,141
13% more than FY26 Q2Every I-824 line, FY26 Q3
Received in the quarter
4,469
8% more than FY26 Q2FY26 Q3
Approved, of those decided
87%
3 points below FY26 Q22,222 approved, 336 denied
Median months, quarter by quarter
Half of each quarter's decided I-824s took less time than this. FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) to FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).
Every I-824
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-824, Every I-824: median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 7.8 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 9.4 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 6.5 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 6 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 4 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 6.3 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 6.1 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 6.9 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 8.5 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 5.6
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-824 line together, each quarter.
Received
10,073
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-824: received, each quarter Period received FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 10,073 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 7,511 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 5,667 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 4,926 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 4,486 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 4,731 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 4,753 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 4,255 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 4,142 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 4,469 Decided
17,245
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-824: decided, each quarter Period decided FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 6,162 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 17,245 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 14,733 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 10,232 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 5,805 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 3,651 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 3,660 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 3,234 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 3,136 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 2,558 Waiting at the quarter's end
33,238
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-824: waiting at the quarter's end, each quarter Period waiting FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 33,238 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 26,535 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 17,486 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 12,241 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 10,967 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 12,094 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 13,171 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 14,266 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 15,208 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 17,141
Where to go next
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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