Form I-800A

Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country

Processing Statistics

I-800A

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country
Visa Filing Types:

I-800A

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.
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Historical Average Processing Times

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Form I-800A USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Convention Country Adoptions / Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Convention Country Adoptions / Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative (Form I-800A)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Convention Country Adoptions / Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Convention Country Adoptions / Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative (Form I-800A)

Data may include combined I-800/I-800A 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