Form I-602

Application by Refugee for Waiver of Inadmissibility Grounds

Processing Statistics

I-602

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Application by Refugee for Waiver of Inadmissibility Grounds
Visa Filing Types:

I-602

Check Visa Status

Historical Average Processing Times

2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
- days	6.8 mo	10 mo	16.9 mo	23.6 mo	29.1 mo	31.6 mo	33.8 mo	- days

Form I-602 USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Waivers [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Waivers (Form I-602)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Waivers [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Waivers (Form I-602)

Data is aggregated for all "Waivers", including Forms I-191, I-192, I-212, I-601, I-602, and I-612

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