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 July 15, 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) 55 months across 3 offices.
Not yet eligible for an inquiry — USCIS currently accepts them only for cases received on or before July 18, 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 (July 15, 2026)
| Category | Office / center | Range | Inquiry if received on/before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 47.5 months | August 7, 2022 |
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 51.5 months – 55 months | December 25, 2021 |
| Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 139 months – 300.5 months | July 18, 2001 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | 21.5 months – 29 months | February 17, 2024 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | National Benefits Center | 52 months – 56 months | November 24, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 | All Field Offices | 75 months – 106 months | September 30, 2017 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 52 months – 55.5 months | December 14, 2021 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 109.5 months | June 14, 2017 |
| U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son/daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 195 months – 378 months | February 4, 1995 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | National Benefits Center | 53.5 months – 57.5 months | October 4, 2021 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 73.5 months | June 11, 2020 |
| Permanent resident for unmarried son or daughter 21 or older | All Field Offices | 153.5 months – 340 months | April 3, 1998 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | National Benefits Center | 56 months – 71 months | August 29, 2020 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 152 months | November 22, 2013 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter | All Field Offices | 159 months – 159.5 months | April 30, 2013 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | National Benefits Center | 58.5 months – 99.5 months | April 15, 2018 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | Service Center Operations (SCOPS) | ≤ 175 months | December 22, 2011 |
| U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister | All Field Offices | 286.5 months – 300.5 months | July 11, 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 July 15, 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.)