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 May 22, 2026.
Estimate your completion window
An I-130 received January 1, 2025 is estimated to finish between August 1, 2036 and September 16, 2047.
Posted range for this category: 139 months – 272.5 months · national median (upper bound) 58.5 months across 3 offices.
Not yet eligible for an inquiry — USCIS currently accepts them only for cases received on or before October 20, 2003.
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 (May 22, 2026)
| Category | Office / center | Range | Inquiry if received on/before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 44.5 months | October 12, 2022 |
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 52 months – 58.5 months | August 14, 2021 |
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 139 months – 272.5 months | October 20, 2003 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | 19 months – 26.5 months | April 9, 2024 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 51 months – 54.5 months | December 17, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 67 months – 97 months | May 31, 2018 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 50 months – 56 months | October 30, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 107 months | August 6, 2017 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 216 months – 216.5 months | July 1, 2008 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 50.5 months – 57.5 months | September 10, 2021 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 67 months | December 4, 2020 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 115 months – 170.5 months | April 13, 2012 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | National Benefits Center | 56 months – 98.5 months | April 15, 2018 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | All Field Offices | 106 months – 106.5 months | August 25, 2017 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 152.5 months | October 17, 2013 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | National Benefits Center | 58.5 months – 99.5 months | March 22, 2018 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 173.5 months | January 14, 2012 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | All Field Offices | 298 months – 301.5 months | May 27, 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 May 22, 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.)