Hi everyone! New to this so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right. I’m so angry, sad, frustrated, and just full of emotions. My DACA expires next week Tuesday and I’m scared. What do I do if no one answers my call? I call and Emma answers and says she can’t help me.
How my January crowd doing? 1/6 here with no approval.
Took a trip from TPA to Honolulu 08/12-08/18.
TPA > Phoenix, AZ > Honolulu all went fine with no agents spotted.
From Honolulu > Phoenix > to CBP and ERO agents spotted at Phoenix but not detaining anyone. However, at TPA CBP, ERO, ICE, and local TPD were at the arrival gate stopping ‘random’ individuals and questioning their immigration status. I manage to slip by but I over heard the conversations. Be cautious folks.
I will delete this post in one hour. Feds lurk in this forum believe it or not, I have a friend who works for an agency that told me that.
Good luck
Hello fellow dreamers! I been wondering how some of you manage your pursuit of education.
I live in Florida, as you all know not the friendliest state for immigrants let’s put it slightly. No community college option for DACA recipients here, so I was looking at nursing school in a private school. The bill was 14k+ for 6 semesters! So with other fees about 90k. They want the 14k straight up, I guess they don’t trust me for monthly payments! I was hoping my hospital job would give me some financial aid, but alas they only award that to citizens. Maybe move to a more friendly state, but that would be its own trial of starting over in a new city with no family help.
I wanted to be a nurse because I wanted to feel the accomplishment of actually helping people, not the money aspect of it, but with prices like that and no certainty DACA won’t just disappear any day the risk of losing that much money is really bad. It’s really bleak out here ya know? Hard not to get black pilled with how things are looking recently.
Today’s my last day at the job I’ve been at for 7.5 years. It’s the place where I began building my career and I’ve loved working there. Feels fucking awful that I have to lose it bc of something so out of my control. I feel both so numb and infuriated at the same time. Silver lining is that they want me back as soon as my renewal is approved, so I’m grateful for that, at least, but fucking hell this shit hurts
It seems very clear that this administration is intentionally slow- walking the processing and review of our applications as well as those of other immigrants.
It seems pretty clear that they are intentionally creating unconstitutional barriers to long-established legal immigration processes via back-door memorandums, directives, executive orders and other bureaucratic stop guards.
This is right out of the white supremacists playbook of Stephen Miller, the current USCIS director, and the other project 2025 sycophants.
This life of being regarded as less than a second class person is exhausting.
If they can't frustrate us enough through the legal channels, which they always preach about wanting people to do it the legal way, they resort to hunting and killing us in the streets in cold blood with impunity.
This is inhumane.
Worse than the prospect of losing your work authorization and everything associated with that is the lapse in "legal" presence continuity created by the delays in renewal.
Such lapses in continual presence will surely be used against us.
Dec 26th just got approved!
Guys I’m finally up! This is prob the last week of forced vacation for me.
See you guys around since I’m still be in the reddits, but let’s talk about less unfortunate things now please…
Hoping they do figure out this system soon and approve all of us soon!!
Hey everyone. Something I predicted last week actually happened, which does not always go that way, so I want to walk through it. Sorry for the day late post, busy life schedule, will do better next week.
Calculator (updated this week): https://catchingexcalibur.github.io/approval_calculator/
Source code: https://github.com/CatchingExcalibur/approval_calculator
All data sourced from MyCasesHub.
USCIS approved about 2,484 cases this week, and February is now the biggest month at 37 percent. Last week I said that if the month-by-month pattern continued, February would be next in line. That is exactly what happened. December is also nearly finished, down to just 56 cases this week.
| You applied in | Cases | Typical wait |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 5 | 267 days |
| Dec 2025 | 56 | 232 days |
| Jan 2026 | 815 | 204 days |
| Feb 2026 | 912 | 184 days |
| Mar 2026 | 175 | 151 days |
| Apr 2026 | 66 | 127 days |
| Jun 2026 | 78 | 52 days |
| Jul 2026 | 358 | 24 days |
Here is the pattern across the last four weeks:
| Jul 20 | Jul 27 | Aug 3 | Aug 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 44% | 21% | 13% | 2% |
| January | 13% | 42% | 54% | 33% |
| February | 7% | 8% | 9% | 37% |
December peaked, then handed off to January, and now January is handing off to February. Each month rises, dominates for a week or two, then fades as USCIS moves forward. It is one of the clearest patterns I have seen in this data.
November is down to 5 cases and December to 56, so those two months look close to complete. If the pattern continues, March would be next, and there are already signs of it starting (175 March cases this week, up from 140).
I said last week I did not want to promise February was next, and I am going to keep that same caution about March. But the pattern has now held four weeks running, so I think it is worth sharing.
Two updates ago I reported that wait times for the older months had stopped climbing after weeks of rising. That has now held for a second week:
| Applied in | 3 weeks ago | 2 weeks ago | Last week | This week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 221 days | 222 days | 222 days | 232 days |
| January | 201 days | 201 days | 201 days | 204 days |
| February | 170 days | 167 days | 167 days | 184 days |
A note on reading this honestly: January is essentially flat, and December ticked up because only 56 cases remain, so the few still coming through are the ones that took longest. February's number rose because USCIS is now working the entire month rather than just the earliest dates, so it is pulling in later February filings with naturally longer waits. Neither of those is the pattern I was worried about a few weeks back, where the same month kept getting slower week after week.
I only see cases that get approved, not the pile still pending. So I cannot tell you how many people are still waiting in your month, and I will not claim the older backlog is over. What I can show you is what came through, and this week that was 912 February applications, 815 January ones, and 175 from March.
July applications are moving in a median of about 24 days, holding steady for a fourth week. There were solid batches this week: 136 approvals for July 24 filings, 68 for July 17, and 43 for July 20. A few early August applications were approved within days.
If your application has been in longer than the minimum processing time, currently about three weeks, then cases like yours are being approved around now. If you applied very recently, the estimate is your date plus that minimum time. For older applications still in extended review, the estimate is less reliable, and I want to keep saying that plainly.
A note some of you have asked about: if you put in different dates from February, March, April, and May and get similar windows, that is not a bug. USCIS has caught up enough that people from those months really are being approved around the same time right now. The estimate only differs meaningfully for applications from the last few weeks, which still need the minimum processing time.
Every single application date, nothing left out. If you see your date, people who applied the same day as you were approved.
Median application date: Jan 12, 2026. Median wait: 199 days.
| Application date | Cases | % of week |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 8, 2025 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 42 | 2.1% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 45 | 2.2% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 16 | 0.8% |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 18 | 0.9% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 23 | 1.1% |
| Dec 20, 2025 | 140 | 6.8% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 98 | 4.8% |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 109 | 5.3% |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 98 | 4.8% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 126 | 6.2% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 95 | 4.6% |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 105 | 5.1% |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 48 | 2.3% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 24 | 1.2% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 55 | 2.7% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 38 | 1.9% |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 71 | 3.5% |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 13 | 0.6% |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 24 | 1.2% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 12 | 0.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 24 | 1.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 19 | 0.9% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 13 | 0.6% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 15 | 0.7% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 7, 2026 | 14 | 0.7% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Mar 14, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Mar 21, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 22, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 7, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 8, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 15, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 16, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 21, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 22, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| May 23, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 26, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| May 27, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 28, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| May 29, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 14 | 0.7% |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 15 | 0.7% |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 14 | 0.7% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 39 | 1.9% |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 94 | 4.6% |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 20 | 1.0% |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 137 | 6.7% |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
Median application date: Jan 21, 2026. Median wait: 194 days.
| Application date | Cases | % of week |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2024 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Oct 3, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 36 | 1.7% |
| Dec 20, 2025 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 42 | 2.0% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 19 | 0.9% |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 23 | 1.1% |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 19 | 0.9% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 103 | 4.8% |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 27 | 1.3% |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 198 | 9.2% |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 12 | 0.6% |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 11 | 0.5% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 140 | 6.5% |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 46 | 2.1% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 22 | 1.0% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 94 | 4.4% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 50 | 2.3% |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 52 | 2.4% |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 17 | 0.8% |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 44 | 2.1% |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 56 | 2.6% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 68 | 3.2% |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 56 | 2.6% |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 47 | 2.2% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 20 | 0.9% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 36 | 1.7% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 44 | 2.1% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 66 | 3.1% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 30 | 1.4% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 14 | 0.7% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 21 | 1.0% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 25 | 1.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 28 | 1.3% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 19 | 0.9% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 15 | 0.7% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 7, 2026 | 16 | 0.7% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 13 | 0.6% |
| Mar 14, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Mar 21, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 12 | 0.6% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 8 | 0.4% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 14 | 0.7% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 17 | 0.8% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 1, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 2, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 14, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 18, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 22, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 23, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 26, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 29, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 10 | 0.5% |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 6 | 0.3% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 21 | 1.0% |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 12 | 0.6% |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 93 | 4.3% |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 18 | 0.8% |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 91 | 4.2% |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
Median application date: Feb 9, 2026. Median wait: 185 days.
| Application date | Cases | % of week |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nov 26, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 26 | 1.0% |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 12 | 0.5% |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 40 | 1.6% |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 8 | 0.3% |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 15 | 0.6% |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 27 | 1.1% |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 11 | 0.4% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 24 | 1.0% |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 24 | 1.0% |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 59 | 2.4% |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 124 | 5.0% |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 26 | 1.0% |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 25 | 1.0% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 20 | 0.8% |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 28 | 1.1% |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 173 | 7.0% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 11 | 0.4% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 21 | 0.8% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 161 | 6.5% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 73 | 2.9% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 59 | 2.4% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 62 | 2.5% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 69 | 2.8% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 47 | 1.9% |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 13 | 0.5% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 78 | 3.1% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 61 | 2.5% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 72 | 2.9% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 68 | 2.7% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 60 | 2.4% |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 12 | 0.5% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 46 | 1.9% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 54 | 2.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 47 | 1.9% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 46 | 1.9% |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 10 | 0.4% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 14 | 0.6% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Mar 7, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 8 | 0.3% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 8 | 0.3% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 17 | 0.7% |
| Mar 14, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 23 | 0.9% |
| Mar 21, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10 | 0.4% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Apr 11, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 18, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| May 1, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 10 | 0.4% |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 12 | 0.5% |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 12 | 0.5% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 4 | 0.2% |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 9 | 0.4% |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 16 | 0.6% |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 34 | 1.4% |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 68 | 2.7% |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 43 | 1.7% |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 8 | 0.3% |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 136 | 5.5% |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 19 | 0.8% |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1 | 0.0% |
If you applied in February, look at that block. Nearly every business day from February 2 through February 20 has real approvals, many in the 45 to 78 range. That month is clearly being worked right now.
Everything here is an average across thousands of cases, and it is more reliable for recent applications than for older ones still in extended review. Your own case can move faster or slower for many reasons, including your background check, an RFE, or your country of origin. It assumes USCIS keeps its current pace, which can change. If your timing is urgent, please talk to an immigration attorney.
The estimator does not log anything. No database, no tracking, no analytics. You do not enter a receipt number, your name, your A-number, or anything personal. All it asks for is a date, and it runs entirely in your browser. The code is public: https://github.com/CatchingExcalibur/approval_calculator
Thank you all for following along. To the February applicants especially, this looks like your stretch, and the numbers in that table are real people from nearly every day of your month. To anyone still waiting from earlier: your months are close to complete, which means the remaining cases are getting individual attention rather than sitting behind a large pile. Hoping each of you gets your approval soon.
Calculator: https://catchingexcalibur.github.io/approval_calculator/
Source code: https://github.com/CatchingExcalibur/approval_calculator
USCIS approved about 2,484 cases this week and February is now the biggest month at 37 percent, up from 9 percent last week. Last week I said February would likely be next if the pattern held, and it was. December has dropped to just 56 cases and November to 5, so those months look nearly complete. Wait times for the older months are still holding steady rather than climbing. Recent applications continue at about 24 days. The calculator matched the data for a seventh straight week, so only the weekly numbers changed. As always, this is an average, more reliable for recent cases than older ones, and not a promise. Hoping everyone gets approved soon.
Hello , I have a question about renewal . Everyone is saying to go it before the 6 months . The recommended time is 9 months to almost a year . The paralegal that helps me renew said not before the 6 month mark or they will send me a duplicate of what I already have .
I just need to vent because I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.
I came to the U.S. when I was around 5 years old. My mom is a U.S. citizen, but she never took care of my immigration status when I was a child. I eventually ended up with DACA, and now at 28 I’m still living with all of that uncertainty.
What I keep thinking about is why bring me to America in the first place?
Why bring me here, put me through elementary school, middle school, high school, and college, and let me build my entire life here? I became a nurse, built a career, bought a home, and this is the only life I really know. Yet on paper, I’m still left feeling like I don’t fully belong here.
My DACA renewal has been pending for months, and the stress from everything has gotten so bad. My leave ends August 21, and I’m scared about what happens if my work authorization still isn’t renewed.
What hurts even more is that my mom refuses to acknowledge that she did anything wrong. I was a child. I didn’t understand immigration. I couldn’t file paperwork for myself. I depended on the adults around me to take care of those things.
I love my mom, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t feel angry and resentful. Sometimes I think about how different my life could have been if this had been handled when I was younger, and having her act like none of it was her responsibility makes it even harder.
I’m not looking for legal advice. I just needed somewhere to vent because I feel exhausted, scared, and frustrated by the whole situation.
My partner and I are both DACA recipients, working our dream jobs at some of the world’s top companies. Unfortunately, our DACA renewals have been delayed, and we’ve exhausted our leave of absence. We’ve been getting by through cutting expenses and using our emergency savings.
We always anticipated the possibility of DACA ending and kept savings in case we had to leave the country. Still, packing everything up to return to our employers—and seeing my partner cry—broke my heart.
We live exemplary lives, yet we’re constantly reminded that we’re treated as less than. I’m trying to stay hopeful and positive, but nothing hurts more than watching someone you love suffer. Once our permits are approved, we’re considering moving abroad if we can secure an international transfer with our employers.
So i went to the DMV to renew my expired driver’s license since my DACA was renewed late. I filled the application per usual, but the person who take care of my application told me that they need to verify my stuff and gave me a case number for it. I’ve never had this issue before. so now I have to wait 4-6 weeks to see if my renewal application is approve. is anyone going through this?
Should I go back and make another appointment to renew? maybe the person who did my renewal didn’t fill it right?
I am a February 16th applicant that has not seen any API movement or approval yet. When noticing other approvals I see receipt numbers start with IOE 93…. My receipt number is IOE 97… Is anyone else’s like this too?
I received my termination letter from work today. This Friday will mark 90 days since I went on a leave of absence. I was informed that they would have to let me go if I was unable to return by then.
I’m honestly not sure how I’m supposed to feel right now. It sucks having to start over, especially in this job market, but at the same time what other choice do I have?
I’ve also submitted three expedite requests for my I-765, and all three have been denied. Now that I will officially lose my job, would it be worth submitting another expedited request with the termination letter, or would it be best to wait it out since there was some API movement on my case last week indicating that my background check was completed?
Also for people who have also been let go from your jobs while waiting for your approval, were you offered or able to receive any severance pay? Do we even qualify for severance given our work authorization situation?
A couple of questions involving the FTA0 timestamp.for those of you who received the FTAO time stamp on 8/13 have you noticed any change in your application status?
And for those of you who have been approved already, did you notice any correlation between the FTA0 timestamp and your approval date?
Question ..
Anyone Here Has Gotten Their DACA Approved In These Past Months While Having An Active Removal Order or Know Of Anyone That Has ??
It seems like Jan saw some api movement before all the recent approvals.
I know ultimately knowing any of this won’t matter but omg these delays have me constantly wondering how they process our renewals. Like what are yall doing over there? It seems so cut and dry and to me- we submit the exact same paperwork every year and a half. And at most, some of us change what? Our address? Our income? And SOME people include a minor run in with the law. Shouldn’t it be as easy as verifying the information is consistent, up to date, and we’re still passing our background check? It just seems like in years past it has been that simple.
But I wonder how many dedicated agents there are, if there’s a quota, if there’s dedicated agents for the backlog by month? Are they doing other things or just daca renewals? How many hands touch our renewals? If there ARE dedicated agents wouldn’t it be easy to identify where the backlog came from? Wouldn’t it be easy to identify if it’s specific agents holding up the oldest cases? How much idle time to agents spend waiting for paper to go back and forth? Is it a different department in charge of checking in on inquiry’s and expedite requests? Since there are people who get approvals on the weekends, are they working or is that stuff that got finished during the week and set on some sort of timer? I’ve never thought for a second what goes on in the background but I can’t help but wonder this time.