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I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status

All Change of Status Applications

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Quarterly and historical sources

Sources checked Nov 2, 2026.

Latest official release Not published.

2026 Q3

Latest quarterly statistics

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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Quarter pending 133,056

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

Quarter approvals 38,751

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 70,011

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 8,163

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Application To Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status70,01138,7518,163133,0565.7 months
Published quarterly history

Quarterly count graphs

Published quarterly counts: I-539: all published classifications. Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

Approved and denied counts

I-539: approved and denied case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026
Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

Pending inventory and new receipts

I-539: pending inventory and received case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026
Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.
I-539 · I-539: all published classifications · official quarterly reports
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q4 202574,96860,8476,12887,172
Q1 202659,66047,9475,71093,568
Q2 202662,38840,7706,716109,156
Q3 202670,01138,7518,163133,056

Published counts are reproduced by reporting period. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, never zero.Graph source and mapping audit.

Separate approval-share percentage chart — approvals divided by approvals plus denials; excludes other completions and does not predict an individual outcome.

Historical medians

National median processing time by fiscal year

FY2026 values are partial-year through August 30, 2026. These medians use a different methodology from the monthly averages above. USCIS has not published values for every classification.

Source: USCIS historical national medians, verified Nov 2, 2026.

All Extend/Change Applications

FY2026 median: 3.7 months.

FY2021
9.6 months
FY2022
6.8 months
FY2023
5.8 months
FY2024
2.7 months
FY2025
2.5 months
FY2026
3.7 months
Preserved statistical export

Historical counts by classification

These historical observations end in FY2020 or FY2021, depending on the classification. They are separate from the current workbooks above; missing values are not zero.

I-539 · Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant StatusView historical counts

Historical-only series: Historical classification 0: Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. Q1 2013–Q1 2021.

Current published scope is I-539: all published classifications. Historical and current periods are shown separately, without interpolation.

Approved and denied counts

I-539 · Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status: approved and denied case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only)
Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

Pending inventory and new receipts

I-539 · Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status: pending inventory and received case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only)
Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.
I-539 · Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status · Historical classification 0: Applications to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status · historical export
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q1 201333,11439,7835,19134,194
Q2 201332,67445,8846,83120,609
Q3 201342,28531,3405,44631,905
Q4 201340,20132,7454,94839,969
Q1 201439,97639,4987,12144,643
Q2 201439,98442,8007,72941,732
Q3 201449,36842,9427,98947,824
Q4 201452,85648,6899,24751,007
Q1 201546,36743,0717,21347,187
Q2 201542,02132,4286,49251,516
Q3 201553,80029,9315,08070,619
Q4 201557,63240,9106,90680,729
Q1 201648,59341,8198,78581,046
Q2 201647,51454,83910,48065,133
Q3 201659,47561,50311,01655,483
Q4 201659,20349,7058,23559,330
Q1 201751,37945,7916,16160,319
Q2 201757,14248,1466,85463,407
Q3 201764,82548,8267,36672,032
Q4 201760,08438,1367,98587,848
Q1 201852,56245,3598,44487,553
Q2 201854,99045,39410,03489,661
Q3 201863,46046,97910,79396,431
Q4 201859,96350,18111,01995,938
Q1 201951,58243,93111,24686,902
Q2 201951,26058,29113,06968,244
Q3 201958,16641,65012,87375,509
Q4 201960,55840,1419,10297,201
Q1 202056,60444,7259,857100,842
Q2 202076,92154,60411,480105,295
Q3 2020172,69234,6266,807248,555
Q4 2020136,59124,1157,846349,631
Q1 202160,78441,0949,719343,589

Preserved historical export; charts show the last eight available quarters, while the table retains all observations. Missing and suppressed cells remain unavailable. No line is drawn across the gap to current reports.Graph source and mapping audit.

Archived office coverage

6 mapped centers

NSC · Nebraska Service CenterESC · Vermont Service CenterCSC · California Service CenterSSC · Texas Service CenterNBC · National Benefits CenterYSC · Potomac Service Center
Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-539

No form-specific report is currently indexed from the USCIS RSS feed.

Legacy cached estimates

March 2022 office snapshots

These values are retained only for historical context and are not current processing estimates.

California Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

13 entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant18-13.5 monthsService request date November 17, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-76512.5-7.5 monthsService request date April 26, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category21-14.5 monthsService request date August 12, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents13.5-7 monthsService request date March 30, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents16.5-7.5 monthsService request date December 31, 2020
  • All other change of status applications19-10 monthsService request date October 09, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant17.5-14 monthsService request date November 18, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-7659.5-6.5 monthsService request date July 20, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category19-16 monthsService request date October 18, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents10.5-7 monthsService request date June 20, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents12-7.5 monthsService request date May 06, 2021
  • All other extension of stay applications17-9 monthsService request date December 07, 2020
  • Reinstatement to student status19.5-15.5 monthsService request date September 18, 2020

National Benefits Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

2 entries
  • All other change of status applications2.5 months to 1 weekService request date February 18, 2022
  • All other extension of stay applications6.5-2 monthsService request date October 29, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

12 entries
  • Change of status for L dependents15-14.5 monthsService request date February 28, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category19-12.5 monthsService request date October 14, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-76511-6.5 monthsService request date June 05, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category18.5-11.5 monthsService request date October 20, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents10.5-6 monthsService request date June 29, 2021
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-76510-6 monthsService request date July 05, 2021
  • Change of status for H4 dependents11.5-6 monthsService request date May 25, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents14.5-10.5 monthsService request date March 01, 2021
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant17-12.5 monthsService request date December 06, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant17-15 monthsService request date December 04, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications16-10.5 monthsService request date January 11, 2021
  • All other change of status applications15.5-13 monthsService request date January 28, 2021

Potomac Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant19-13 monthsService request date October 11, 2020
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category18.5-12 monthsService request date October 19, 2020
  • All other change of status applications17-16.5 monthsService request date December 26, 2020
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant19.5-15.5 monthsService request date September 20, 2020
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category19.5-17 monthsService request date September 20, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications20-16 monthsService request date September 09, 2020

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

10 entries
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant26.5-20 monthsService request date March 04, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-7658-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category27.5-21 monthsService request date January 19, 2020
  • Change of status for H4 dependents8-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents8-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant26-20 monthsService request date March 05, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-7658-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category27.5-21 monthsService request date January 19, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents8-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021
  • Extension of stay for L dependents8-6 monthsService request date September 03, 2021

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

15 entries
  • Change of status for H4 dependents12.5-7.5 monthsService request date April 22, 2021
  • Change of status for F or M students and J exchange visitor category19.5-12.5 monthsService request date September 23, 2020
  • Extension of stay for F or M students and J exchange visitor category20-11 monthsService request date September 17, 2020
  • Change of status for B nonimmigrant20-11 monthsService request date September 12, 2020
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents with I-7659-6.5 monthsService request date August 15, 2021
  • Change of status for H4 dependents with I-76511.5-7.5 monthsService request date May 21, 2021
  • Change of status for L dependents14.5-9.5 monthsService request date February 24, 2021
  • Extension of stay for U nonimmigrant18.5-7.5 monthsService request date November 02, 2020
  • Reinstatement to student status23.5-15.5 monthsService request date June 01, 2020
  • All other extension of stay applications15.5-9 monthsService request date January 25, 2021
  • Extension of stay for H4 dependents11-6.5 monthsService request date June 10, 2021
  • Extension of stay for B nonimmigrant20.5-14 monthsService request date August 29, 2020
  • All other change of status applications16.5-10 monthsService request date January 01, 2021
  • Extension of stay for T nonimmigrant26-7.5 monthsService request date March 16, 2020
  • Extension of stay for L dependents14.5-8 monthsService request date March 01, 2021
Data notes

How to read 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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