Exact USCIS category source
I-765 (c)(9) Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application Processing Time
Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)]
Published range by office
12.5–16 months at Service Center Operations
12–16.5 months at National Benefits Center
Source row 147-C9 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Center Operations (SCD)Fastest published | 12.5 mo | 16.0 mo | Slow |
| National Benefits Center (NBC)Slowest published | 12.0 mo | 16.5 mo | Slow |
Upper bound of each published range. Source: USCIS processing time publications.
6 office series, plotted separately. National Benefits Center and Service Center Operations report this row currently; 4 offices previously reported it and their series end at their last publication (California Service Center through 2025-09-18; Vermont Service Center through 2025-09-18; Nebraska Service Center through 2025-09-18; Texas Service Center through 2025-09-18). 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.
Cite this category
Citation
USCIS processing times for Form I-765, Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)], ranged from 12.5–16 months at Service Center Operations to 12–16.5 months at National Benefits Center across 2 reporting offices as of Sep 17, 2026. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-765/categories/147-c9/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840
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Scope
This page is filtered to the exact USCIS I-765 source row 147-C9, 147-C9, across all offices and all publications. The current ranges above are the ranges published for that row at National Benefits Center and Service Center Operations. The chart plots the full published history of every office that has reported this row — National Benefits Center, Service Center Operations, California Service Center, Vermont Service Center, Nebraska Service Center, and Texas Service Center — as 6 separate series. Labeled “Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application [(c)(9)].” It is the (c)(9) eligibility category.
For other eligibility categories, use the form-wide I-765 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-765 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 64 USCIS source publications, issued monthly; latest source publication Sep 17, 2026.