I-485 Processing Time (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status)

Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status): At a typical office, half of I-485 cases finish within about 15.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 23.5 months. The full range across case types and offices runs from 6.5 months to 12 years (USCIS data, August 17, 2026).

Trend: a year ago, a typical office's median for I-485 was 15 months; today it is 13.8 months — about 1.2 months faster than last year.

Based on an approved T Visa

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	about 3.6 years	about 4 years

Based on an approved U Visa

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	about 2 years	about 2.3 years

Based on grant of asylum more than 1 year ago

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 2.8 years	about 3.5 years

Based on refugee admission more than 1 year ago

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	about 2.7 years	about 5.9 years

Employment-based adjustment applications

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
All Field Offices	9 months	18 months
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	about 3.3 years	about 3.9 years

Family-based adjustment applications

Processed at 90 offices. At a typical office, half of cases finish within about 15.3 months and 8 in 10 within about 23.3 months. The fastest offices report medians near 6.5 months, while the slowest report nearly-all times of about 4.8 years. Office-by-office numbers are on each office page.

Under the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act (HRIFA)

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	—	about 12 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.