Exact USCIS category source
I-765 (c)(19), (a)(12) Based on TPS for El Salvador Processing Time
Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)]
Current published range
18–18.5 months
USCIS publication
Source row
147-ELSAL
Service Center Operations · SCD
Upper bound of each published range. Source: USCIS processing time publications.
3 office series, plotted separately. Service Center Operations reports this row currently; 2 offices previously reported it and their series end at their last publication (Vermont Service Center through 2025-09-18; Texas Service Center through 2025-09-18). Lines are never drawn between offices.
Dashed lines are offices that no longer report this row; each ends at its last published date for this row.
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Citation
USCIS processing times for Form I-765, Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)], were 18–18.5 months as of Aug 17, 2026. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-765/categories/147-elsal/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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Scope
This page is filtered to the exact USCIS I-765 source row 147-ELSAL, across all offices and all publications. The current range above is the range published for that row at Service Center Operations. The chart plots the full published history of every office that has reported this row — Service Center Operations, Vermont Service Center, and Texas Service Center — as 3 separate series. Labeled “Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)].” It is the (c)(19), (a)(12) eligibility category.
For other eligibility categories, use the form-wide I-765 source page.
Methodology and limits
Values are copied from USCIS processing time publications and filtered by the exact form and subtype codes above. No other I-765 category, headline range, or office aggregate enters this page.
These published ranges describe USCIS data, not an individual case prediction. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Retrieved from 63 USCIS source publications, issued monthly; latest source publication Aug 17, 2026.