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AAO Processing Times

The AAO reports its processing times by form type, displaying the total number of completions for the quarter and the percentage completed within 180 days, which is our goal.

The administrative appeals process has two stages: initial field review and AAO appellate review.

Initial field review: The office that issued the unfavorable decision has 45 days to evaluate the appeal and determine whether to take favorable action on the appeal. If that office does not take favorable action, it will forward the appeal to the AAO and send the appellant a Notice of Transfer to the AAO.

AAO appellate review: The AAO strives to complete its appellate review within 180 days from the time it receives a complete case record after the initial field review. Some cases may take longer than 180 days due to factors beyond the AAO’s control. For example, additional documentation may be needed to complete the record, or the case may be more complex and require additional review.

The following chart shows the percentage of cases the AAO completed within 180 days, by case category, during the most recent quarter of the fiscal year. These data include all AAO dispositions for the listed form types. If a case category is not listed, the AAO issued no appeal decisions for that category in the most recent quarter.

Timeliness of Fiscal Year 2023 First Quarter Completions (October - December 2022)
Form Type Case Type Completed 0-180 Days Quarterly Completions
Cumulative total of all completions   69.69% 848
I-129CW Petition for CNMI Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker 66.67% 3
I-129F Petition for Fiancée 100% 14
I-129H1B Nonimmigrant Specialty Occupation Worker 90.32% 31
I-129H2A Nonimmigrant Temporary Agricultural Worker 100% 2
I-129H2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker 100% 1
I-129H3 Nonimmigrant Trainee or Special Education Exchange 100% 1
I-129L Nonimmigrant Intracompany Transferee 93.10% 29
I-129O Nonimmigrant Extraordinary Ability Worker 46.15% 13
I-129P Athletes, Artists and Entertainers 50% 8
I-129R Nonimmigrant Religious Worker 100% 1
I-131 Application for Travel Document 100% 4
I-140A Alien with Extraordinary Ability 92.31% 52
I-140B Outstanding Professor or Researcher 0% 1
I-140C Multinational Manager or Executive 89.47% 19
I-140D Advanced Degree Professional 94.12% 17
I-140E Professional Worker 91.67% 12
I-140F Skilled Worker 68.75% 16
I-140G Other Worker 90% 10
I-140I National Interest Waiver 95.96% 99
I-212 Application to Reapply for Admission 90% 40
I-352 Bond Breach 100% 12
I-360C Special Immigrant Juvenile 20.36% 167
I-360D Petition for Religious Worker 100% 2
I-360 VAWA Violence Against Women Act Petition 52.94% 34
I-485 SEC 13 Cuban Adjustment Act 100% 3
I-485U Nonimmigrant Crime Victim 70.27% 37
I-526 Alien Entrepreneur 14.29% 7
I-600 Petition for Orphan 66.67% 3
I-601 Application for Waiver of Inadmissibility 83.70% 92
I-612 Application of 212(e) Waiver 100% 1
I-687 Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under Section 245A 100% 1
I-698 Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident Under Section 245A 100% 1
I-821 Temporary Protected Status 100% 17
I-914 Application for T Nonimmigrant Status 40% 10
I-914A Application for Family Member of T-1 Recipient 100% 3
I-918 Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status 52.46% 61
I-929 Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Recipient 100% 1
N-565 Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document 100% 2
N-600 Certificate of Citizenship 100% 21

 

Last Reviewed/Updated:
01/11/2023
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