I-131 Processing Times
Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
20.0 mo – 25.3 mo
avg. across filing categories
Current I-131 Processing Time
As of , USCIS I-131 (Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records) processing times average 20.0 mo to 25.3 mo across all filing categories, with full range 16.0 mo to 29.5 mo across all filing categories. Processing is handled at Service Center Operations. Processing times have been increasing over the past three months. Source data is checked daily; USCIS publishes new estimates about monthly.
Category-specific source pages report the exact USCIS source row and history for a single I-131 eligibility category:
Processing Time by Subtype
| Subtype | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Re-entry permit or refugee travel document (141A-RT) | 16.0 mo | 21.0 mo |
| Advance parole (141B-OTH) | 24.0 mo | 29.5 mo |
Processing Time Trend
Upper bound of processing time range shown. Source: USCIS Processing Times.
The chart includes historical office series (California Service Center, Vermont Service Center, and National Benefits Center and 2 other offices) from offices that previously reported this form. The current table below lists only offices with current USCIS estimates.
Dashed lines are offices that no longer report this form; each ends at its last published date.
Chart series show upper-bound processing times for Advance parole, one of 2 current filing categories with a published range. The filing-category table below lists each current USCIS category.
Trend Summary
Over the trailing twelve months, the upper end of I-131's average range climbed from 17.3 to 25.3 months — a 46% increase. No office reported I-131 at both ends of that comparison: 5 offices reported the form then, and USCIS now reports it at Service Center Operations. Part of the change is the shift in which offices report, not adjudication speed. The 25.3-month figure is the highest average reported across I-131's filing categories since the record began in March 2022. That record spans the same change, across 2 different office sets — the earlier figures and the current one are not measured the same way.
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USCIS Service Center Consolidation
As of , USCIS publishes I-131 processing times at 1 reporting level (Service Center Operations), down from 5 as recently as July 2025 — when reporting included individual service centers (e.g., California and Nebraska) that now roll up to the divisional level. Source: USCIS published processing times.
I-131 Processing Times by Service Center
1 service center| Service Center | Min | Max | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Center Operations (SCD) Only reporting locationOnly location | 20.0 mo | 25.3 mo | Very Slow |
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As of Aug 17, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-131 (Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records) range from 16.0 mo to 29.5 mo across all filing categories (full range; average 20.0 mo–25.3 mo across categories). Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-131/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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Frequently Asked Questions
Current USCIS I-131 processing times range from 16.0 mo to 29.5 mo across all filing categories (full range; average 20.0 mo–25.3 mo across categories). Figures come from USCIS official processing time estimates, which USCIS publishes about monthly; this page is rebuilt daily.
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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Data aggregated from 63 USCIS processing time publications, issued monthly. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link. Verify on USCIS.gov.
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