I-601A Case Tracker & Status Guide

Track your provisional unlawful presence waiver before consular processing.

Form I-601A — Provisional Waiver. Track your provisional unlawful presence waiver before consular processing. The public tracker only shows your latest milestone; the internal USCIS API exposes the full sequence, including silent updates the website hides.

What is Form I-601A?

Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver, lets certain immigrant-visa applicants request a waiver of the unlawful-presence bar before leaving the U.S. for their consular interview.

Approval reduces the time families spend separated during consular processing. The internal API shows biometrics and decision movement clearly.

The I-601A milestone sequence

Behind each plain-English status the public site shows, USCIS records an internal event code. Here is the typical I-601A ladder and the codes that drive it:

IAFCase Was ReceivedReceipt notice issued.
IMAGBiometrics Appointment Was ScheduledFingerprints for background checks.
HARequest for Additional Evidence Was SentAdditional proof of hardship requested.
DACase Was ApprovedProvisional waiver granted.

How long does I-601A take?

I-601A processing has historically been long. Approval is followed by consular processing at a U.S. embassy abroad.

See where your I-601A actually stands

That is what each I-601A status means in general. Paste your own case data and we decode your exact position — your full timeline, hidden silent updates, and how your case compares to similar ones.

Your full decoded I-601A timeline — every silent update the public site hides
How your case compares to similar cases at the same service center
Plain-English read of your raw JSON flags and anomaly warnings
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Common I-601A questions

What happens after I-601A approval?

You proceed with immigrant-visa consular processing abroad; the approved waiver addresses the unlawful-presence bar for that process.

How long does an I-601A take?

It varies and has often exceeded a year. Biometrics and decision events are the clearest progress signals.

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