Form I-600A

Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition

Processing Statistics

U.S. citizen who plans to adopt a foreign-born child

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition
Visa Filing Types:

U.S. citizen who plans to adopt a foreign-born child

Check Visa Status

Service Request Date and Estimated Time

Service Center Form Type	Estimated Processing Time Service Request Date	Type Info

Determine your service center using the first 3 characters of your receipt number. If your receipt date is before the "Service Request Date" listed for your service center and form type, you can submit a service request due to “outside normal processing time” here.
Last Update:

Historical Average Processing Times

2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
- days	27 days	9 days	24 days	45 days	45 days	48 days	87 days	- days

Form I-600A USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Orphan Petitions [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Orphan Petitions (Form I-600A)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Orphan Petitions [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Orphan Petitions (Form I-600A)

Data may include combined I-600/I-600A for some quarters

Fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30 of the reporting period. Data sources include USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Performance Reporting Tool (PRT), USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and C3 Consolidated