DACA Renewal Tracker
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Official USCIS DACA numbers

Renewal requests · data through Jun 30, 2026 · USCIS updates these every quarter

What changed this quarter (Q3 FY26)

Approvals jumped to 25.4k a month in Q3 FY26, up from 6.1k in Q2 FY26. That's close to the usual 24.5k.

Pending renewals rose to 125,282, up from 120,156 at the end of Q2 FY26.

Renewals approved / month

25.4k

vs 6.1k last quarter · usual 24.5k/mo (FY2022–FY2025 average)

Adjudication rate

87%

USCIS decided 87 of every 100 renewals it received, so pending cases pile up. FY2025: 93%

Pending renewals

125,282

+4% since last quarter · +350% vs a year ago

Time to clear pending renewals

~4.9months

At 25.4k approvals a month. This is not your personal wait time.

Renewals approved per month

Renewals approved per month in each quarter. USCIS quarters follow its fiscal year: Q1 is October–December.

Dashed line (right edge): the usual pace, 24.5k a month (FY2022–FY2025 average). Darker bar = newest.

Pending renewal cases

Renewals waiting for a decision at the end of each quarter.

Renewals received vs. decided

Each quarter. Decided = approved or denied. When fewer are decided than received, the difference is added to the pending pile.

Tap or hover a quarter to see how many were added to or taken off the pending pile.

Year by year

Renewal requests by USCIS fiscal year (October–September).

Fiscal yearPeriodReceivedApprovedAvg approvals / moAdjudication ratePending at end
FY2026*Oct 2025 – Jun 2026247,264129,96614.4k53%125,282
FY2025Oct 2024 – Sep 2025310,263285,44323.8k93%27,584
FY2024Oct 2023 – Sep 2024278,039289,45524.1k105%18,974
FY2023Oct 2022 – Sep 2023343,951304,27225.4k89%48,103
FY2022Oct 2021 – Sep 2022298,931295,35924.6k100%24,134
FY2021Oct 2020 – Sep 2021376,311351,21429.3k94%41,410
FY2020Oct 2019 – Sep 2020339,638292,86324.4k87%50,593
FY2019Oct 2018 – Sep 2019406,588385,66332.1k96%37,101
FY2018Oct 2017 – Sep 2018287,709294,95924.6k104%41,545
FY2017Oct 2016 – Sep 2017470,668414,77634.6k89%82,752
FY2016Oct 2015 – Sep 2016198,520145,81912.2k75%74,335
FY2015Oct 2014 – Sep 2015391,878419,50235k108%35,853
FY2014Oct 2013 – Sep 2014122,24922,2341.9k18%94,185

Adjudication rate = (approved + denied) ÷ received. * = year still in progress.

Denials are rare

0.7% of renewal decisions in FY2025 were denials.

Check your form before mailing

About 5% of renewals in FY2025 were rejected at intake, before anyone reviewed them. Double-check the form, signature and fee.

First-time requests are on hold

A court order bars USCIS from approving first-time DACA requests: 104k are waiting and none have been approved this year. This page counts renewals only. With first-time requests, total pending is 229k.

Get the official data yourself

Every number on this page comes from USCIS's quarterly Form I-821D (DACA) reports.

USCIS DACA reports on uscis.gov ↗

USCIS revises past figures in each report; we always use the newest. Some numbers may differ slightly from older reports. Based on 23 reported quarters; the newest covers Apr 2026 – Jun 2026.