I-130 (Family Green Card Petition) Processing Times
Petition for Alien Relative
104.1 mo – 154.5 mo
avg. across USCIS source rows
Current I-130 Processing Time
As of , USCIS I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) processing times average 104.1 mo to 154.5 mo across current USCIS source rows, with full range 21.5 mo to 264.1 mo across all offices. Service Center Operations has the lowest average upper bound at 29.0 mo (average range 21.5 mo to 29.0 mo). This average covers 1 of the 6 I-130 filing categories USCIS publishes for that office; 5 excluded categories publish upper bounds up to 175.0 mo. Processing times have been increasing over the past three months. Data is checked daily from official USCIS estimates.
Processing Time Trend
Upper bound of processing time range shown. Source: USCIS Processing Times.
The chart includes historical office series (California Service Center, Vermont Service Center, and Nebraska Service Center and 2 other offices) from offices that previously reported this form. The current table below lists only offices with current USCIS estimates.
Dashed lines are offices that no longer report this form; each ends at its last published date.
Chart series show upper-bound processing times for U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister, one of 6 current USCIS categories with a published range. The office comparison table uses office-level averages across current USCIS categories.
Field Office Directorate (peak 301.5 mo for the charted category) excluded from default view — click “Show all offices including outliers” to include.
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USCIS Service Center Consolidation
As of , USCIS publishes I-130 processing times at 3 reporting levels (Field Office Directorate, National Benefits Center, and Service Center Operations), down from 8 as recently as June 2024 — when reporting included individual service centers (e.g., California and Nebraska) that now roll up to the divisional level. Source: USCIS published processing times.
I-130 Processing Times by Office
3 offices| Office | Min | Max | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Service Center Operations
(SCD)
Lowest average upper boundLowest upper
Average covers 1 of 6 published filing categories; 5 excluded categories run to 175.0 mo. |
21.5 mo | 29.0 mo | Fast |
| National Benefits Center (NBC) | 53.9 mo | 65.8 mo | Normal |
| Field Office Directorate (FOD) | 168.0 mo | 264.1 mo | Very Slow |
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As of Jul 15, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) range from 21.5 mo to 264.1 mo across all offices (full range; source-row average 104.1 mo–154.5 mo). Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-130/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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Frequently Asked Questions
Current USCIS I-130 processing times range from 21.5 mo to 264.1 mo across all offices (full range; source-row average 104.1 mo–154.5 mo). This data is updated daily from USCIS official processing time estimates.
Based on current data, Service Center Operations has the lowest average upper bound for I-130 at 29.0 mo (average range 21.5 mo to 29.0 mo). This average covers 1 of the 6 I-130 filing categories USCIS publishes for that office; 5 excluded categories publish upper bounds up to 175.0 mo. See the full comparison in the table above.
Based on data from the last three months, I-130 processing times are increasing. Processing times have risen compared to three months ago. View the trend chart above for the full historical picture.
You can check official processing times on the USCIS website at egov.uscis.gov/processing-times. Select your form (I-130), the office or service center that is processing your case, and your filing category. ImmigrationTimes.org tracks these same times with historical trends and comparisons.
Processing times for I-130 vary by office, filing category, case complexity, and current USCIS workload. Security checks, requests for evidence (RFEs), and application volume can all affect how long a case takes. The office comparison table above shows how times differ by location.
Family Green Card Petition petitions are filed using USCIS Form I-130. Current processing times range from 21.5 mo to 264.1 mo across all offices (full range; source-row average 104.1 mo–154.5 mo). This data is updated daily from official USCIS processing time estimates.
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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Data aggregated from daily USCIS processing time snapshots. Each office's range averages only the filing categories for which USCIS publishes both a lower and an upper bound, so both endpoints cover the same categories. Both endpoints of the page average cover the same 13 current source rows — those for which USCIS publishes both a lower and an upper bound. 5 further rows publish only one bound and are excluded from that average; every row is retained in full in the office table and the data downloads. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link. Verify on USCIS.gov.
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