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I-130 processing time
Petition for Alien Relative
A citizen or permanent resident files it to sponsor a family member for a green card.
USCIS decided half its immediate relatives of citizens I-130s within 13 months in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), its median.
Median, FY26 Q3
13 months
0.5 months slower than FY26 Q2Immediate relatives of citizens
Waiting at the quarter's end
2,404,546
Level with FY26 Q2Every I-130 line, FY26 Q3
Received in the quarter
166,322
Level with FY26 Q2FY26 Q3
Approved, of those decided
78%
6 points below FY26 Q290,587 approved, 25,544 denied
Median months, quarter by quarter
Half of each quarter's decided I-130s took less time than this. FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) to FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).
Immediate relatives of citizens
FY25 Q1 FY26 Q3I-130, Immediate relatives of citizens: median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 14.3 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 15.7 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 14.4 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 13.7 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 13.1 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 12.5 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 13 Every other relative
FY25 Q1 FY26 Q3I-130, Every other relative: median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 33.6 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 35.3 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 36.5 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 38 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 38 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 39.4 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 43.3 Every relative (one row until FY2024)
FY24 Q1 FY24 Q4- No record for this period
I-130, Every relative (one row until FY2024): median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 10.9 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 11.6 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 13.5
A dashed frame is a quarter whose workbook no one kept: USCIS keeps only its last four quarters, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of FY24 Q2.
What USCIS took in, decided and had waiting
Every I-130 line together, each quarter.
Received
269,864
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-130: received, each quarter Period received FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 235,480 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 243,397 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 229,978 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 261,036 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 269,864 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 246,709 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 224,977 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 194,375 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 164,474 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 166,322 Decided
280,940
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-130: decided, each quarter Period decided FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 204,249 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 205,024 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 212,128 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 162,728 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 183,781 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 260,518 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 280,940 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 215,317 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 173,787 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 116,131 Waiting at the quarter's end
2,404,546
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-130: waiting at the quarter's end, each quarter Period waiting FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 2,026,350 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 1,949,814 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 2,194,373 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 2,300,993 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 2,395,837 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 2,401,268 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 2,357,348 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 2,348,518 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 2,359,470 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 2,404,546
Medians from FY2016
The only longer history USCIS has published for its medians, one figure a fiscal year.
Immediate relatives of citizens
FY2016 FY2024- Still filling
I-130, Immediate relatives of citizens: median months each fiscal year, FY2016 to FY2024 Period months FY2016 4.9 FY2017 6.5 FY2018 7.6 FY2019 8.6 FY2020 8.3 FY2021 10.2 FY2022 10.3 FY2023 11.8 FY2024 11 so far
FY2024 there covers October 2023 to January 2024 only (hatched), as USCIS's factsheet says. The factsheet is dated 2024-03-05.
Where to go next
Why USCIS's own case page shows a different time
This is USCIS's median: half of the cases it finished in a quarter took less time than this. Its processing-times page prints a different figure, the time within which it finished 80% of recent cases, so it reads longer. Both are USCIS's, and the hub sets them side by side for the I-140.
USCIS quarterly form data through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
USCIS quarterly form data: USCIS quarterly all-forms performance data (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
USCIS quarterly form data: Every USCIS form's receipts, approvals, denials, pending count and MEDIAN months to a decision, per quarter, as USCIS publishes them. The median isn't the 80th-percentile figure on USCIS's processing-times page.
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