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I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status

All Change of Status Applications

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Latest official report date: Not published

Latest quarter workbook: July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025.

Quarter pending 87,172

July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Quarter approvals 60,847

Latest published workbook

Quarter receipts 74,968

Latest published workbook

Quarter processing time 2.9 months

Workbook processing months

Trendline

Annual and quarterly movement

Annual processing months

All Change of Status Applications across the USCIS annual median processing-time series, preferring the official FY2016-FY2024 historical factsheet where USCIS publishes it and falling back to the pulled legacy export elsewhere.

Last eight quarters pending

Pending inventory from the quarterly all-forms report.

Latest quarters

Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
Q2 2019 51,260 58,291 13,069 68,244
Q3 2019 58,166 41,650 12,873 75,509
Q4 2019 60,558 40,141 9,102 97,201
Q1 2020 56,604 44,725 9,857 100,842
Q2 2020 76,921 54,604 11,480 105,295
Q3 2020 172,692 34,626 6,807 248,555
Q4 2020 136,591 24,115 7,846 349,631
Q1 2021 60,784 41,094 9,719 343,589
Service-center coverage

6 mapped centers

NSC · Nebraska Service Center ESC · Vermont Service Center CSC · California Service Center SSC · Texas Service Center NBC · National Benefits Center YSC · Potomac Service Center
Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-539

No form-specific USCIS report is currently indexed for this form from the RSS feed. The page still includes all-forms quarterly totals and legacy history where available.

Legacy cached estimates

Older office-specific processing snapshots

California Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

13 subtype entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant 18-13.5 months Service request date November 17, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-765 12.5-7.5 months Service request date April 26, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 21-14.5 months Service request date August 12, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents 13.5-7 months Service request date March 30, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents 16.5-7.5 months Service request date December 31, 2020
  • All other change of status applications 19-10 months Service request date October 09, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant 17.5-14 months Service request date November 18, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-765 9.5-6.5 months Service request date July 20, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 19-16 months Service request date October 18, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents 10.5-7 months Service request date June 20, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents 12-7.5 months Service request date May 06, 2021
  • All other extension of stay applications 17-9 months Service request date December 07, 2020
  • Reinstatement to student status 19.5-15.5 months Service request date September 18, 2020

National Benefits Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

2 subtype entries
  • All other change of status applications 2.5 months to 1 week Service request date February 18, 2022
  • All other extension of stay applications 6.5-2 months Service request date October 29, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

12 subtype entries
  • Change of status for L dependents 15-14.5 months Service request date February 28, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 19-12.5 months Service request date October 14, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-765 11-6.5 months Service request date June 05, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 18.5-11.5 months Service request date October 20, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents 10.5-6 months Service request date June 29, 2021
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-765 10-6 months Service request date July 05, 2021
  • Change of status for H4 dependents 11.5-6 months Service request date May 25, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents 14.5-10.5 months Service request date March 01, 2021
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant 17-12.5 months Service request date December 06, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant 17-15 months Service request date December 04, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications 16-10.5 months Service request date January 11, 2021
  • All other change of status applications 15.5-13 months Service request date January 28, 2021

Potomac Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 subtype entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant 19-13 months Service request date October 11, 2020
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 18.5-12 months Service request date October 19, 2020
  • All other change of status applications 17-16.5 months Service request date December 26, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant 19.5-15.5 months Service request date September 20, 2020
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 19.5-17 months Service request date September 20, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications 20-16 months Service request date September 09, 2020

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

10 subtype entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant 26.5-20 months Service request date March 04, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-765 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 27.5-21 months Service request date January 19, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant 26-20 months Service request date March 05, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-765 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 27.5-21 months Service request date January 19, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents 8-6 months Service request date September 03, 2021

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

15 subtype entries
  • Change of status for H4 dependents 12.5-7.5 months Service request date April 22, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 19.5-12.5 months Service request date September 23, 2020
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category 20-11 months Service request date September 17, 2020
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant 20-11 months Service request date September 12, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-765 9-6.5 months Service request date August 15, 2021
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-765 11.5-7.5 months Service request date May 21, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents 14.5-9.5 months Service request date February 24, 2021
  • Extension of stay for U nonimmigrant 18.5-7.5 months Service request date November 02, 2020
  • Reinstatement to student status 23.5-15.5 months Service request date June 01, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications 15.5-9 months Service request date January 25, 2021
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents 11-6.5 months Service request date June 10, 2021
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant 20.5-14 months Service request date August 29, 2020
  • All other change of status applications 16.5-10 months Service request date January 01, 2021
  • Extension of stay for T nonimmigrant 26-7.5 months Service request date March 16, 2020
  • Extension of stay for L dependents 14.5-8 months Service request date March 01, 2021
Data notes

What to know before using this page

  • Current processing-time estimates in the local snapshot come from cached USCIS API responses published on March 29, 2022. They are included only as legacy context; the primary up-to-date source is the USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed and linked quarterly workbooks.
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