USCIS Processing Times
USCIS publishes processing-time ranges by form and office. We turn that into a projected completion window for yourreceipt date — and tell you whether you can already submit a “case outside normal processing time” inquiry, the question people actually have.
Official USCIS data published May 22, 2026 · 497 form×office figures across 43 forms.
Estimate your completion window
An I-485 received January 1, 2025 is estimated to finish between October 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
Posted range for this category: 9 months – 18 months · national median (upper bound) 31.3 months across 2 offices.
Not yet eligible for an inquiry — USCIS currently accepts them only for cases received on or before December 25, 2024.
Estimates apply USCIS’s own published range to your date — they are not a prediction of your individual case or legal advice. See the methodology.
Popular forms
| Form | National median (upper) | Offices |
|---|---|---|
| EAD / Work Permit (I-765) | 16 months | 1 |
| Citizenship (N-400) | 11.5 months | 90 |
| Green Card / AOS (I-485) | 26.5 months | 90 |
| Family Petition (I-130) | 99 months | 18 |
More forms and a per-office × month breakdown roll out in stages. Related: Visa Bulletin predictions.
Sources & verification
Compiled and reviewed by the GreenCard Radar editorial team · Data as of May 22, 2026
- USCIS Check Case Processing Times (official)(Authoritative source, published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.)
- jzebedee/uscis — daily processing-time dataset (third-party mirror)(Open dataset we ingest, so our figures trace back to the official USCIS publication date.)