Exact USCIS category source
I-130 Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 Processing Time
Published range by office
52–55.5 months at National Benefits Center
167–300.5 months at Field Office Directorate
Source row 134A-F21 · 2 reporting offices, each listed separately below
USCIS publication
Published range by office
USCIS publishes this category separately for 2 offices. Each row is that office's own published range — no office aggregate or merged range is computed anywhere on this page.
| Office | Lower bound | Upper bound | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Benefits Center (NBC)Fastest published | 52.0 mo | 55.5 mo | Normal |
| Field Office Directorate (FOD)Slowest published | 167.0 mo | 300.5 mo | Very Slow |
USCIS also published this category for Service Center Operations (SCD) without a complete range: upper bound only, SCD 48.5 months. A range needs both endpoints, so that office is not ranked in the table above.
Upper bound of each published range. Source: USCIS processing time publications.
8 office series, plotted separately. Field Office Directorate, National Benefits Center, and Service Center Operations report this row currently; 5 offices previously reported it and their series end at their last publication (California Service Center through 2024-06-03; Vermont Service Center through 2024-06-03; Nebraska Service Center through 2024-06-03; Texas Service Center through 2024-06-03; Potomac Service Center through 2024-06-03). Lines are never drawn between offices.
Dashed lines are offices that no longer report this row; each ends at its last published date for this row.
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Citation
USCIS processing times for Form I-130, Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21, ranged from 52–55.5 months at National Benefits Center to 167–300.5 months at Field Office Directorate across 2 reporting offices as of Aug 17, 2026. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-130/categories/134a-f21/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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Scope
This page is filtered to the exact USCIS I-130 source row 134A-F21, 134A-F21, across all offices and all publications. The current ranges above are the ranges published for that row at Field Office Directorate and National Benefits Center. The chart plots the full published history of every office that has reported this row — Field Office Directorate, National Benefits Center, Service Center Operations, California Service Center, Vermont Service Center, Nebraska Service Center, Texas Service Center, and Potomac Service Center — as 8 separate series. Labeled “Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21.” It is the Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21 category; USCIS publishes no separate bracket eligibility code for it.
For other categories, use the form-wide I-130 source page.
Methodology and limits
Values are copied from USCIS processing time publications and filtered by the exact form and subtype codes above. No other I-130 category, headline range, or office aggregate enters this page.
These published ranges describe USCIS data, not an individual case prediction. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Retrieved from 63 USCIS source publications, issued monthly; latest source publication Aug 17, 2026.