Categories: Immigration

How to Check your USCIS Case Processing Times

One of the most common questions we receive in the office is “when will my form be processed?” Or when can I expect to be approved? When will I receive ________? While we can give you an estimate based on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) processing times and our experience with other clients, the best way to check processing times is to view the official website.

Before, checking the processing time “table” on the USCIS website was a long and arduous process. Today, USCIS has changed the format of checking processing times, making it easier for the layman to navigate.

Here’s how to check the processing time of a family-based I-130 Petition for Alien Relative:

  1. Go to USCIS: Check Processing Times website:

    2. Select the form you filed. For our example, we’re selecting I-130.

    3. Select the Processing Center. For our example, we’re selecting California Processing Center.

    4. Find the type of form that’s applicable to you.

Select the “Form Type” that applies to you. For our example, we might look at U.S. citizen filing for unmarried son or daughter over 21, and see that the estimated processing time is 23.5 to 30.5 months, so about 2-2.5 years.  If we filed our I-130 petition in January 2010, we can see from the “Case Inquiry Date” that USCIS is currently processing September 10, 2009, which means that we still need to wait before they will process January 2010.

 

We hope this guide has helped you how to check processing times online. If you have any further questions regarding case processing, feel free to contact our office for more assistance.

Jessica Suotmaa

Jessica Suotmaa is a Freelance Writer, Legal Assistant, and Paralegal Studies student.

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