About VisaTracker
Real visa processing times.
What we do
VisaTracker publishes honest, current processing times and approval rates for every major USCIS form.
We focus on U.S. immigration application volumes and processing times. Every page on visatracker.org is built from the USCIS Quarterly Performance Report and the DHS Immigration Statistics Yearbook, cited and linkable so readers can trace any number back to its source.
Who this is for
VisaTracker is built for visa applicants, immigration lawyers, HR mobility teams, and policy researchers.
Why this exists
Public data on U.S. immigration application volumes and processing times is technically free, but practically locked behind file formats, acronyms, and paywalled dashboards. VisaTrackerexists to close that gap: take the raw federal and public-sector data, and turn it into pages a normal person can read in thirty seconds.
How we work
- Primary source only. We pull from the USCIS Quarterly Performance Report and the DHS Immigration Statistics Yearbook and cite the exact dataset and version on every page.
- No invented numbers. If a figure is not in the underlying public data, it does not appear on visatracker.org. We never generate synthetic statistics to fill gaps.
- Methodology, in plain English. We parse the USCIS Quarterly Performance Report and DHS Immigration Statistics Yearbook for every major form (I-485, I-130, I-765, N-400, I-90, and more), compute median processing times and approval rates by service center, and chart the trend quarter over quarter.
- Refreshed on a schedule. Refreshed quarterly, within roughly 30 days of USCIS posting each performance report.
- Corrections welcome. Readers flag issues all the time. When the source fixes a record, VisaTracker follows.
Known limitations
USCIS reports medians, not a full distribution, so individual cases routinely fall outside posted times. Case-specific updates on USCIS.gov are more current than the quarterly aggregates published here.
Independence
VisaTracker is an independent publication. We are not funded, owned, or directed by any of the agencies, companies, or organizations that appear in our data. Hosting is paid for by advertising — see our Privacy Policy for details — and we do not take paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "remove-my-entry" fees.
History
VisaTracker launched in 2026 as part of a small portfolio of independent public-data sites. It has been maintained and updated continuously since.
Contact
Tips, corrections, data-partnership questions, and press inquiries: [email protected]. More options on our contact page.