I-824 Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition
Asks USCIS to take a follow-on step on something it already approved - send an approved petition to a consulate, issue a duplicate approval notice, or notify a post about a derivative. It is a housekeeping form, and it is often faster to refile the underlying petition than to wait for it.
- Fee
- $590. $0 for Afghan and Iraqi special immigrants, VAWA self-petitioners, Special Immigrant Juveniles, T and U nonimmigrants, Cuban Adjustment Act and HRIFA abused spouses and children, NACARA applicants, and battered spouses and children applying under INA 240A(b)(2).
- Fee waiver
- Not available
- Who files
- The person or company whose application or petition USCIS approved.
- Where to file
- By mail to the USCIS lockbox named in the instructions.
- Processing time
- 7.1 months (FY 2026 national median through June 30, 2026)
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- Refiling the underlying petition is often faster than waiting the 7.1 month median on an I-824.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-824. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.