Form I-817

Application for Family Unity Benefits

Processing Statistics

Voluntary departure under the family unity program

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Application for Family Unity Benefits
Visa Filing Types:

Voluntary departure under the family unity program

Check Visa Status

Historical Average Processing Times

2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
- days	6.1 mo	6.7 mo	5.1 mo	7.4 mo	11.2 mo	9 mo	6.7 mo	5.5 mo

Form I-817 USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Family Unity Applications [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Family Unity Applications (Form I-817)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Family Unity Applications [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Family Unity Applications (Form I-817)

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