I-130 Petition for Alien Relative Processing Time
The I-130 family petition timeline depends on your relationship category and the center handling it. Pick your situation and filing date for a personal completion window.
I-130 — Petition for Alien Relative · official USCIS data published October 19, 2026.
Estimate your completion window
An I-130 received January 1, 2025 is estimated to finish between August 1, 2036 and January 16, 2050.
Posted range for this category: 139 months – 300.5 months · national median (upper bound) 178.5 months across 2 offices.
Not yet eligible for an inquiry — USCIS currently accepts them only for cases received on or before November 6, 2001.
Estimates apply USCIS’s own published range to your date — they are not a prediction of your individual case or legal advice. See the methodology.
Current posted ranges (October 19, 2026)
| Category | Office / center | Range | Inquiry if received on/before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 52 months – 56.5 months | March 2, 2022 |
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 139 months – 300.5 months | November 6, 2001 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 53 months – 58 months | January 19, 2022 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 83.5 months – 113 months | June 10, 2017 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 52.5 months – 55.5 months | April 4, 2022 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 195 months – 268 months | July 22, 2004 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 53.5 months – 56 months | March 18, 2022 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 188.5 months – 340 months | July 23, 1998 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | National Benefits Center | 53.5 months – 64.5 months | July 5, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | All Field Offices | 110.5 months – 159 months | August 19, 2013 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | National Benefits Center | 57 months – 66.5 months | May 2, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | All Field Offices | 286.5 months – 306.5 months | May 8, 2001 |
“Inquiry if received on/before” is the date USCIS will accept a case-outside-normal-processing-time inquiry for.
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Sources & verification
Compiled and reviewed by the GreenCard Radar editorial team · Data as of October 19, 2026
- USCIS Check Case Processing Times (official)(Authoritative source, published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.)
- jzebedee/uscis — daily processing-time dataset (third-party mirror)(Open dataset we ingest, so our figures trace back to the official USCIS publication date.)