Form I-821D

Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Processing Statistics

Request for Renewal of Deferred Action

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Visa Filing Types:

Request for Deferred Action
Request for Renewal of Deferred Action

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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

Subtype	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Request for Deferred Action	- days	5 mo	5 mo	5.8 mo	7.1 mo	9.7 mo	11.1 mo	8.4 mo	57 days
Request for Renewal of Deferred Action	- days	- days	72 days	90 days	66 days	51 days	42 days	45 days	- days

Form I-821D USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Form I-821D)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Form I-821D)

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