I-918 Processing Time (Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status)

Form I-918 (Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status): At a typical office, half of I-918 cases finish within about 21 months and 8 in 10 within about 2 years. The full range across case types and offices runs from 21 months to 2.3 years (USCIS data, August 17, 2026).

Trend: a year ago, a typical office's median for I-918 was 2.8 years; today it is 19.5 months — about 14 months faster than last year.

Petition for a noncitizen who is a victim of qualifying criminal activity, and their qualifying family members (Time from Initial Filing to Bona Fide Determination (BFD) Review)

Office	Half of cases within	Nearly all (93%) within
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)	21 months	about 2.3 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.