I-817 Processing Times
Application for Family Unity Benefits
5.5 mo – 55.5 mo
avg. across USCIS source rows
Current I-817 Processing Time
As of , USCIS I-817 (Application for Family Unity Benefits) processing times average 5.5 mo to 55.5 mo across current USCIS source rows, with full range 5.5 mo to 55.5 mo across all offices. All reporting offices show the same average range (5.5 mo to 55.5 mo). Processing times have been increasing over the past three months. Source data is checked daily; USCIS publishes new estimates about monthly.
USCIS processing scope: USCIS category 150: Voluntary departure under the family unity program. These published values apply to voluntary departure under the family unity program; they do not describe every I-817 filing context.
Processing Time Trend
Upper bound of processing time range shown. Source: USCIS Processing Times.
Current values and chart series cover USCIS category 150: Voluntary departure under the family unity program.
The chart includes historical office series (Texas Service Center) 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.
Trend Summary
Over the trailing twelve months, the upper end of the I-817 range climbed from 22.5 to 55.5 months — a 147% increase. Those two figures rest on different reporting bases: Texas Service Center no longer reports I-817, and Service Center Operations has since begun reporting it. National Benefits Center, the only office reporting at both, moved from 38 to 55.5 months over the same window. That is the longest USCIS has reported for I-817 across 63 publications dating to 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. The two offices that adjudicate I-817 differ in their current ranges: National Benefits Center reports 5.5 to 55.5 months and Service Center Operations reports 5.5 to 55.5.
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I-817 Processing Times by Office
2 officesThe comparison below reports USCIS category 150: Voluntary departure under the family unity program by office.
| Office | Min | Max | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Benefits Center (NBC) Same average upper boundSame upper | 5.5 mo | 55.5 mo | Very Slow |
| Service Center Operations (SCD) Same average upper boundSame upper | 5.5 mo | 55.5 mo | Very Slow |
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As of Aug 17, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-817 (Application for Family Unity Benefits), currently published for USCIS category 150: Voluntary departure under the family unity program, range from 5.5 mo to 55.5 mo across all offices. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-817/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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USCIS currently publishes Form I-817 processing times for USCIS category 150: Voluntary departure under the family unity program. Current published I-817 times range from 5.5 mo to 55.5 mo. These published values apply to voluntary departure under the family unity program; they do not describe every I-817 filing context.
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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Data aggregated from 63 USCIS processing time publications, issued monthly. Each office's range averages only the filing categories for which USCIS publishes both a lower and an upper bound, so both endpoints cover the same categories. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link.