I-821 Processing Time (Application for Temporary Protected Status)

Form I-821 (Application for Temporary Protected Status): At a typical office, half of I-821 cases finish within about 15.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 16.3 months. The full range across case types and offices runs from 6.5 months to 2.5 years (USCIS data, July 15, 2026).

El Salvador Initial

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	17 months	about 2.5 years

El Salvador Re-registration

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	15 months	16.5 months

Somalia Initial

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	14 months	14.5 months

Sudan Initial

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	6.5 months	7 months

Sudan Re-registration

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	17 months	17.5 months

Ukraine Initial

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	21.5 months	about 2.1 years

Ukraine Re-registration

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	15.5 months	17 months

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