Where recent USCIS approvals sit by filing date, measured from real case records and backtested every week.
Everything here is measured from recent approval records: an analysis of where cases like yours have been landing, not a prediction of your individual case.
Typical waits, processing patterns, line speeds and confidence for every tracked form, side by side.
National median processing time (months) · all USCIS offices · by fiscal year
These are national medians across all USCIS offices, calculated by fiscal year: the time it took to complete half of the cases in that year. The current processing times page instead shows recent estimates from individual offices. USCIS states the two are not directly comparable for many forms because the methodologies differ.
USCIS also excludes visa regressed I-485 cases and revoked petitions, and revises some series as its reporting changes over the years (for example I-918 moving to a Bona Fide Determination basis, and DACA initial requests being suspended). FY2020 is not published; FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026.
| Form | Classification | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-485 | Based on grant of asylum more than 1 year ago | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 22.6 | 22.9 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 13.4 |
| I-485 | Based on refugee admission more than 1 year ago | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 21.6 | 13.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| I-485 | Employment-based adjustment applications | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| I-485 | Family-based adjustment applications | 5.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| I-485 | Based on Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 (CAA) | 7.1 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 10.4 |
| I-485 | All Other Adjustment of Status | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 24.0 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 7.9 |
| I-751 | Removal of conditions (spouses and children) | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 21.0 | 22.3 |
Shading reflects wait length: lighter = faster, deeper = slower. FY2020 is omitted (not published by USCIS).
Source: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS), C3 Consolidated, C4 Consolidated, INFACT, queried March 2026. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt
