Texas Service Center

The following is the USCIS Texas Service Center Processing Time Report as of October 2023.

Form	Purpose	Sub-Type		Now Processing Cases with Estimated time range of:
I-102	Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival/Departure Record	Initial issuance or replacement of a Form I-94		5 Months
I-129F	Petition for Alien fiance(e)
		K-3/K-4 Already married — spouse and/or dependent child		12.5 Months
I-130	Petition for a relative	U.S. Citizen filing for spouse, parent, or child under 21		12.5 Months
		U.S. Citizen filing for unmarried son or daughter over 21		44.5 Months
		U.S. Citizen filing for married son or daughter over 21		87.5 Months
		U.S. Citizen filing for brother or sister		44 Months
		Permanent resident filing for spouse or child under 21		35.5 Months
		Permanent resident filing for unmarried son or daughter over 21		47 Months
I-131	Application for a travel document	Refugee or asylee applying for a refugee travel document
		Permanent resident applying for a re-entry permit
		Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA) dependent applying for advance parole
		Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA) principal applying for advance parole
		All other applicants for advance parole		5.5 Months
I-140	Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker	Extraordinary ability (E11)		24.5 Months
		Outstanding professor or researcher (E12)		7 Months
		Multinational executive or manager (E13)		11 Months
		Schedule A Nurses		6 Months
		Advanced degree or exceptional ability (E21)		6.5 Months
		Advanced degree or exceptional ability requesting a national interest waiver (NIW)		10.5 Months
		Skilled worker or professional (E31; E32)		10.5 Months
		Unskilled worker (EW3)		24 Months
I-485	Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust status	Employment-based adjustment applications		24 Months
		Based on grant of asylum more than 1 year ago
I-730	Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition		Petition for accompanying family members of a refugee or an asylee	30 Months
I-765	Application for Employment Authorization
		Based on a request by a qualified F-1 academic student [(c)(3)]
		Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)]		4 Months
		Based on an approved asylum application [(a)(5)]		16 Months
		Based on being an L-2 spouse of an L-1 nonimmigrant [(a)(18)]		13 Months
		based on a pending asylum application [(c)(8)]		16 Months
		based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)]		13 Months
		Based on being an H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant (Standalone; not filed with I-539 H4) [(c)(26)]		7 Months
		Based on TPS for El Salvador [(c)(19), (a)(12)]		9 Months
		All other applications for employment authorization		3.5 Months

These Processing Times issued by USCIS gives you an estimate of how long it will take the Texas Service Center to process a class of petitions or applications. USCIS generally processes cases as they are received (“first in, first out”). USCIS has also developed internal goals for most types of petitions and applications. For example, the stated goal for Form I-140 is 4 months.

How to use the Processing Time Report:

1. Check your receipt notice (I-797C, Notice of Action) and make sure that the receipt number begins with “SRC”.
2. Look for the Form number or Purpose for your petition or application.
3. Look for the specific Sub-type for your petition or application, if applicable.
4. Check the column titled “Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of”. If you see a date, the Service Center is currently processing cases filed on or before that date. If you see “X” months, it means that the Service Center is processing cases within their internally-developed goal time frames.

If you find that your case is outside “normal” processing times, you can contact USCIS Customer Service.

NOTE: If you received a notice from USCIS informing you that the case has been transferred from the Texas Service Center to another Service Center or Local Field Office, check the processing times for the destination Service Center or Local Field Offices.

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