AAO Processing Time Report (3/1/15)

AILA Doc No. 15030903
Dated March 1, 2015

The office that issued the unfavorable decision will first conduct an “initial field review” of the appeal. If that office does not take favorable action on the appeal, it will forward the appeal to the AAO and send the appellant a Notice of Transfer to the AAO. The initial field review should be completed within 45 days. The appellate review should be completed within six months or less from the time when we receive the appeal after initial field review. The AAO is unable to provide case status information on appeals awaiting the initial field review. Appellants may contact the USCIS National Customer Service Center line at (800) 375-5283 (the TTY number is (800) 767-1833) to inquire about a case if, within 75 days of filing an appeal, USCIS has not sent any of the following:

• An approval notice;
• A request for evidence;
• A Notice of Transfer to the AAO; or
• Any other correspondence or action from the field office.

This chart shows the average amount of time it takes to receive a decision in a particular type of case after the case file is received by the AAO. Processing times are directly related to the volume of cases received. The appellate review should be completed within six months or less from the time when we receive the appeal.

AAO Processing Times as of March 1, 2015

Form Number

Case Type/Time

I-129F Petition for Fiancée
6 months or less

I-131 Application for Travel Document
6 months or less

I-140 EB3 (G) Other Worker
6 months or less

I-212 Application to Reapply for Admission
6 months or less

I-360 C Special Immigrant Juvenile
6 months or less

I-360 VAWA Violence Against Women Act Petition
6 months or less

I-485 Cuban Adjustment Act Application
6 months or less

I-485 LIFE LIFE Act Adjustment Application
6 months or less

I-485 U U Visa Nonimmigrant Adjustment
6 months or less

I-600 Petition for Orphan
6 months or less

I-601 Application for Waiver of Inadmissibility
6 months or less

I-612 Application for 212(e) Waiver
6 months or less

I-687 Legalization Application for Temporary Residence
6 months or less

I-690 Legalization/SAW -Waive Grounds of Excludability
6 months or less

I-698 Legalization Adjustment Application
6 months or less

I-821 Temporary Protected Status
6 months or less

I-800 Convention Adoption as an Immediate Relative
6 months or less

I-914 Application for T Nonimmigrant Status
6 months or less

I-918 Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
6 months or less

I-929 Qualifying Family Member of a U Nonimmigrant
6 months or less

N-470 Application to Preserve Residence
6 months or less

N-565 Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document
6 months or less

N-600 Certificate of Citizenship
6 months or less

N-643 Certificate of Citizenship for Adopted Child
6 months or less

Last Reviewed/Updated: 03/03/2015