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I-956 Processing Times

Application for Regional Center Designation

Very Slow

27.0 mo – 44.5 mo

Current I-956 Processing Time

As of , USCIS I-956 (Application for Regional Center Designation) processing times average 27.0 mo to 44.5 mo, with full range 27.0 mo to 44.5 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 Aug 17, 2026.

Processing Time Trend

Upper bound of processing time range shown. Source: USCIS Processing Times.

Trend Summary

I-956 processing times have risen over the past year — the upper end of the range is up 170%, from 16.5 to 44.5 months. The current figure is the highest in the form's record, which begins in August 2024.

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I-956 Processing Times by Office

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Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) Only location 27.0 mo 44.5 mo Very Slow

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As of Aug 17, 2026, USCIS processing times for I-956 (Application for Regional Center Designation) range from 27.0 mo to 44.5 mo. Source: https://immigrationtimes.org/forms/i-956/. Dataset version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21311840

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Current USCIS I-956 processing times range from 27.0 mo to 44.5 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 28 USCIS processing time publications, issued monthly. Data last updated . See our data sources and methodology. Permanent link.

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