Humanitarian

I-821 Application for Temporary Protected Status

All applicable extensions

Quarterly and historical sources

Dataset updated Jul 25, 2026.

Latest official release Jun 12, 2026.

FY2026 Q1

Latest all-forms quarter

Open USCIS workbook
Quarter pending 582,813

October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Quarter approvals 10,148

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 1,417

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 742

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Application for Temporary Protected Status1,41710,148742582,8139.9 months
Historical medians

National median processing time by fiscal year

FY2026 values are partial-year through May 31, 2026. These medians use a different methodology from the monthly averages above.

All applicable extensions

Latest published median: 8.5 months.

To request or reregister for TPS

Latest published median: 11.9 months.

Legacy quarterly series

Older inventory movement

This series comes from the pulled legacy TSV export and is not presented as current.

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q2 20196744,7556627,679
Q3 20191,4401,3714547,544
Q4 20191,9541,6703307,712
Q1 20206,7232,20126612,061
Q2 20204,9486,48822710,695
Q3 20201,4233,6651468,407
Q4 20205171,0011742,800
Q1 20211,1296061293,347
Service-center coverage

3 mapped centers

Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-821

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

2 entries
  • Haiti initial or late filing5-3 monthsService request date December 05, 2021
  • Haiti extension5-3 monthsService request date December 05, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

4 entries
  • El Salvador extension13.5-10.5 monthsService request date March 24, 2021
  • El Salvador initial or late filing13.5-10.5 monthsService request date March 24, 2021
  • Honduras and Nicaragua extension13.5-10.5 monthsService request date March 24, 2021
  • Honduras and Nicaragua initial or late filing13.5-10.5 monthsService request date March 24, 2021

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

4 entries
  • El Salvador extension11-8.5 monthsService request date June 10, 2021
  • El Salvador initial or late filing11-8.5 monthsService request date June 10, 2021
  • Honduras and Nicaragua extension11-8.5 monthsService request date June 10, 2021
  • Honduras and Nicaragua initial or late filing11-8.5 monthsService request date June 10, 2021
Data notes

How to read this page

  • Annual processing-month history for select classifications is refreshed from the official USCIS Historical Processing Times Trends factsheet (data as of March 5, 2024).
  • Historical national median processing times are refreshed from the official USCIS rendered tables. FY2026 is partial-year through May 31, 2026.
  • 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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