I-131 Processing Time

USCIS processing snapshot: Form I-131, Application for Travel Document. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services publishes adjudication-time data monthly for each service center and field office handling I-131. This snapshot covers 2 offices and was last refreshed in March 2026. The average minimum processing time across reporting offices is roughly 6.8 months, with the fastest office currently at 6 months (Potomac Service Center) and the slowest at 7.5 months (Nebraska Service Center). USCIS processing time is the agency’s own reported window for cases currently receiving decisions, not a guarantee, individual cases can finish inside, at, or beyond the range depending on case complexity, RFE activity, and office workload.

How to read the range. USCIS expresses each I-131 range as a two-number window, the lower bound is the time at which 50% of cases are decided and the upper bound is the time at which 93% of cases are decided. The “receipts being processed” column shows the actual filing dates USCIS is currently working on, which is a complementary ground-truth signal: if your receipt date falls within that window, your case is likely at or near the front of the queue. The official source for real-time updates is the USCIS processing times tool.