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Green card timelines

How long each step after PERM took, from the people who went through it. The PERM dates are checked against DOL's record. The rest is self-reported, because USCIS doesn't publish it case by case.

Timelines added

6

Shared on the public board

2

RFEs reported

0

Add yours

Waiting on an I-140 or an I-485? Add your dates. It takes a minute, with no account and no case number, and we check each timeline before it counts.

How long each step took

The bar is the middle half of the reports and the amber tick is the median. Every timeline counts here, shared on the board or not.

No step has the 5 reports a median needs yet. Each fills in as timelines arrive.

  1. 1 PERM filed to certified 4 of 5 reports
  2. 2 PERM certified to I-140 filed 4 of 5 reports
  3. 3 I-140 filed to approved, premium 2 of 5 reports
  4. 4 I-140 filed to approved, regular 0 of 5 reports
  5. 5 I-485 filed to biometrics 1 of 5 reports
  6. 6 I-485 filed to work permit 0 of 5 reports
  7. 7 I-485 filed to interview 0 of 5 reports
  8. 8 I-485 filed to green card 0 of 5 reports

The board

Opens at 10 shared timelines. 2 so far.

A board with a handful of rows lets anyone pick one person out, so it stays shut until there are enough to read as a crowd. The medians above already count every timeline added.

Every USCIS office's page has its own list, which opens at 3 shared timelines from that office.

Who's waiting, and where

Each timeline at the furthest step it reports, by category and country. Counts only, from every timeline here, so no line can be traced to a person.

Opens at 10 timelines, like the board. 6 so far.

Requests for evidence

What the RFEs people reported asked about, and how they ended. It's self-reported, and people who got one are likelier to say so than people who didn't. So read it as a list of reasons. It isn't a rate.

Nobody has reported an RFE yet.

What these figures can't tell you

They aren't a sample of everyone. People with a fast or a stuck case are likelier to add their dates than people whose case went as expected, and nobody can check a date after PERM. Read a median here as what the people who reported saw. It doesn't say what will happen to a case.

USCIS publishes its own medians. For the office-wide picture, see USCIS processing times, which are USCIS's figures across every case, and the visa bulletin, which decides when an I-485 can be filed at all.

Premium and regular I-140s are kept apart, because a median across both describes neither. A timeline that doesn't say is left out of both.

Questions about these timelines

Are these USCIS's processing times?
No. USCIS publishes its own times across every case, and they're on this site's USCIS processing times page. These are dates people typed in about their own case, so they say what those people saw. USCIS publishes nothing case by case, which is why this page exists.
How do I add my I-485 or I-140 timeline?
Open "Add your dates" on this page or on your USCIS office's page, pick the office and type the dates that have happened. It needs no account and no case number. Your browser keeps a key so you can edit or remove it later, and an edit code moves it to another device.
Who can see my timeline?
We check each timeline before it counts. After that your dates join the anonymous medians, which need 5 timelines before a figure shows. A row of your own is listed only if you tick the box, and only once 10 people have shared (3 for one office's list). A row is the month you filed and the days each step took. A case number, an employer or an exact PERM date never shows.
Can I see timelines for one USCIS field office?
Yes. Each office's page lists the timelines shared from it once 3 people there have shared, with the days from filing the I-485 to biometrics, the interview and the green card.

Waiting on a PERM case?

  • When it'll likely be decided
  • An email when DOL moves it

It's on your ETA-9089 receipt. A case number looks like G-100-26125-868956.

Don't have the number?