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I-526 Processing Times

Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor

Fast

36.5 mo – 40.5 mo

Current I-526 Processing Time

As of , USCIS I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) processing times average 36.5 mo to 40.5 mo, with full range 36.5 mo to 40.5 mo. Processing is handled at Immigrant Investor Program Office. Processing times have been increasing over the past three months. Source data is checked daily; USCIS publishes new estimates about monthly.

We check daily — USCIS has not published new data since Sep 17, 2026.

Processing Time Trend

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I-526 Processing Times by Office

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Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) Only location 36.5 mo 40.5 mo Fast

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As of Sep 17, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) range from 36.5 mo to 40.5 mo. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-526/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840

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Current USCIS I-526 processing times range from 36.5 mo to 40.5 mo. Figures come from USCIS official processing time estimates, which USCIS publishes about monthly; this page is rebuilt daily.

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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Data aggregated from 64 USCIS processing time publications, issued monthly. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link. Verify on USCIS.gov.

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