VisaTracker
I-590 · 2023 Data

Refugee Admission (I-590)

Registration for classification as a refugee for persons outside the United States seeking resettlement.

60K
Applications
65%
Approval Rate
600
Avg Days
Increasing
Trend

Key Facts

Form Number
I-590
Processing Time
20 months
(600 days average)
Application Volume
60K
2.8% of all applications

Approval Rate Breakdown

Approved65%
Denied / Other35%

Other Visa Categories

Green Card (I-485)
1.2M apps · 82% approved
Naturalization (N-400)
876K apps · 91% approved
Family Petition (I-130)
515K apps · 87% approved
Work Visa (I-129)
232K apps · 85% approved
Asylum (I-589)
20K apps · 37% approved
Diversity Visa (DV Lottery)
40K apps · 45% approved
Nonimmigrant Admission
61.1M apps · 94% approved

About This Data

Data from USCIS quarterly reports (2023). Last updated May 2025. See our methodology.