USCIS's own published processing-time estimates, for the case types CaseWhy tracks.
USCIS's own published estimates for the case types CaseWhy tracks currently range from 2.5 to 40 months for 80% of cases to complete, depending on form and office.
As of 2026-09-15 — check the official tool for your exact form and office
Some figures are more than a month old — check the USCIS tool for the latest.
I-130 — U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 (Immediate Relative)
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 24 months
As of 2026-09-15
I-140 — Extraordinary ability (EB-1)
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 31 months
As of 2026-09-15
I-140 — Advanced degree or exceptional ability (EB-2)
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 2.5 months
SCOPS prioritizes I-140s when the Visa Bulletin shows a visa currently available for that category/date; doesn't apply to premium-processed petitions, which follow the premium processing timeframe instead.
As of 2026-09-15
I-485 — Employment-based adjustment
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 40 months
This SCOPS figure only covers EB-4 and EB-5 cases. EB-1/EB-2/EB-3 employment-based I-485s are adjudicated by field offices instead, and USCIS doesn't publish a single aggregate for those — check the official tool with your specific field office.
As of 2026-09-15
I-765 — Based on a pending I-485 adjustment application, (c)(9)
National Benefits Center
80% of cases completed within 11 months
As of 2026-09-15
I-751 — Removal of lawful permanent resident conditions (spouses of U.S. citizens/LPRs)
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 33.5 months
As of 2026-09-15
I-90 — 10-year renewal
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 10.5 months
As of 2026-09-15
I-131 — Advance Parole, for a pending I-485 adjustment applicant
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 24 months
The tool combines Re-entry Permits and Refugee Travel Documents into one separate category — see the next entry — rather than breaking them out individually.
As of 2026-09-15
I-131 — Re-entry Permit or Refugee Travel Document
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 16 months
USCIS's own tool reports these two together as a single category, not separately.
As of 2026-09-15
I-129 — H-1B specialty occupation, extension of stay in the U.S. (regular processing)
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 11 months
I-129 covers many other classifications (H-2A/B, L, O, P, Q, R, TN, etc.) and H-1B itself has separate categories for a visa issued abroad and a change of status, which can run differently — this is one representative figure, not the only I-129 timeline. Premium processing is 15 business days by statute for most classifications (30 for I-765, 45 for I-140 E13/E21 NIW) — see USCIS's own premium processing page rather than a captured figure here, since it's a fixed statutory number, not a variable one this tool tracks.
As of 2026-09-15
I-821D — DACA renewal
Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
80% of cases completed within 6.5 months
Renewals only — USCIS is not accepting or processing new initial DACA applications as of this writing (see the I-821D case-type note).
As of 2026-09-15
Not shown above — office-specific, no national figure
Every N-400 is adjudicated by the applicant's local field office, so there's no single national number — USCIS's tool requires picking your specific field office.
Family-based I-485s are field-office adjudicated, same as N-400 — no SCOPS aggregate exists for this category.
N-600 is adjudicated by the applicant's local field office, same as N-400 — the tool has no national aggregate for it, only individual field offices to pick from.
I-589 isn't in USCIS's Case Processing Times tool at all as of this writing — affirmative asylum interviews are scheduled by the individual asylum office handling the case, on that office's own docket, not tracked here at any level. Use the Asylum Office Locator to find and contact the office with jurisdiction.
Asylum Office Locator →Family preference categories (anything other than spouse/parent/child of a U.S. citizen) don't get a fixed processing-time estimate — USCIS ties its own adjudication order to the Visa Bulletin's priority dates instead, and only posts a number once a category is fully current. Check the visa bulletin for the number that actually applies.
See the visa bulletin →Find your specific office
The figures above are national numbers. For a field-office-dependent form (N-400, family-based I-485) or to find where a biometrics appointment happens, look up your own office directly on USCIS's site — it's the current, official source and not something CaseWhy keeps a copy of:
These are reference points, not a guarantee — USCIS bases each figure on how long it took to complete 80% of cases over the past six months, and individual cases vary.
