I-130 Processing Time (Petition for Alien Relative)

Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative): At a typical office, half of I-130 cases finish within about 4.9 years and 8 in 10 within about 5.3 years. The full range across case types and offices runs from 2 years to 31.5 years (USCIS data, August 17, 2026).

Trend: a year ago, a typical office's median for I-130 was 4.7 years; today it is 5.4 years — about 8.5 months slower than last year.

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 13.9 years	about 25 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.3 years	about 4.6 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 4 years

Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 15.7 years	about 28.3 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.5 years	about 4.8 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 6.3 years

U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 23.9 years	about 25.5 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.9 years	about 5.7 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 14.7 years

U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 13.3 years	about 13.3 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.5 years	about 5.9 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 12.8 years

U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 6.7 years	about 9.2 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.4 years	about 4.7 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	about 2 years	about 2.6 years

U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 18 years	about 31.5 years
National Benefits Center	about 4.4 years	about 4.6 years
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 9 years

Use the Processing Times tool to add your filing date and see a personalized estimate for your pending case, or explore the Department of Labor queues and the Visa Bulletin waiting line on the same page.