Family Based

I-130 Petition for Alien Relative

Statistics across the published classifications for this form. See the classification tables for coverage.

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Published monthly statistics

Sources checked Nov 2, 2026.

Latest official release Sep 9, 2026.

Latest monthly data

August 2026

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Service-wide metrics for 1 classification. Counts and processing times are not office-specific.

Monthly pending 2,475,445

August 2026

Pending over 6 months 2,165,902

August 2026

Monthly receipts 54,973

August 2026

Average processing time 18.1 months

USCIS monthly average

August 2026 classification detail

Classification	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending	Over 6 months	Avg. months
Petition for Alien Relative	54,973	28,025	14,704	2,475,445	2,165,902	18.1 months

2026 Q3

Latest quarterly statistics

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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Quarter pending 2,404,546

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

Quarter approvals 90,587

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 166,322

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 25,544

All listed classifications

Classification	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending	Processing
Petition for Alien Relative (Immediate Relative)	126,417	82,636	16,661	786,723	13 months
Petition for Alien Relative (All Other Relative)	39,905	7,951	8,883	1,617,823	43.3 months

Published quarterly history

Quarterly count graphs

Published quarterly counts: I-130: all published classifications. Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

I-130: approved and denied case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

I-130: pending inventory and received case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.

I-130 · I-130: all published classifications · official quarterly reports
Quarter	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending
Q4 2025	224,977	251,105	29,835	2,357,348
Q1 2026	194,375	188,436	26,881	2,348,518
Q2 2026	164,474	146,362	27,425	2,359,470
Q3 2026	166,322	90,587	25,544	2,404,546

Published counts are reproduced by reporting period. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, never zero.Graph source and mapping audit.

Separate approval-share percentage chart — approvals divided by approvals plus denials; excludes other completions and does not predict an individual outcome.

Classification detail

Each classification retains its published identity. Expand a group to view its own count series.

Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (Immediate Relative)View count graphs

Published quarterly counts: Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (Immediate Relative). Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

I-130 · immediate: approved and denied case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

I-130 · immediate: pending inventory and received case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.

I-130 · immediate · Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (Immediate Relative) · official quarterly reports
Quarter	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending
Q4 2025	173,595	232,609	16,679	801,745
Q1 2026	146,726	167,401	15,913	772,234
Q2 2026	126,666	132,960	17,243	761,638
Q3 2026	126,417	82,636	16,661	786,723

Published counts are reproduced by reporting period. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, never zero.Graph source and mapping audit.

Separate approval-share percentage chart — approvals divided by approvals plus denials; excludes other completions and does not predict an individual outcome.

Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (All Other Relative)View count graphs

Published quarterly counts: Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (All Other Relative). Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

I-130 · preference: approved and denied case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

I-130 · preference: pending inventory and received case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026 — Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.

I-130 · preference · Published classification: Petition for Alien Relative (All Other Relative) · official quarterly reports
Quarter	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending
Q4 2025	51,382	18,496	13,156	1,555,603
Q1 2026	47,649	21,035	10,968	1,576,284
Q2 2026	37,808	13,402	10,182	1,597,832
Q3 2026	39,905	7,951	8,883	1,617,823

Published counts are reproduced by reporting period. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, never zero.Graph source and mapping audit.

Separate approval-share percentage chart — approvals divided by approvals plus denials; excludes other completions and does not predict an individual outcome.

Historical medians

National median processing time by fiscal year

FY2026 values are partial-year through August 30, 2026. These medians use a different methodology from the monthly averages above. USCIS has not published values for every classification.

Source: USCIS historical national medians, verified Nov 2, 2026.

Adoptions

FY2026 median: 45.9 months.

FY2021: 27.7 months
FY2022: 35.4 months
FY2023: 49.2 months
FY2024: 37.3 months
FY2025: 45.9 months
FY2026: 45.9 months

Immediate Relative

FY2026 median: 12.8 months.

FY2021: 10.2 months
FY2022: 10.3 months
FY2023: 11.8 months
FY2024: 11.7 months
FY2025: 14.4 months
FY2026: 12.8 months

Preserved statistical export

Historical counts by classification

These historical observations end in FY2020 or FY2021, depending on the classification. They are separate from the current workbooks above; missing values are not zero.

I-130 · Immediate and Preference RelativesView historical counts

Historical-only series: Historical classification 0: Immediate and Preference Relatives. Q1 2013–Q1 2021.

Current published scope is I-130: all published classifications. Historical and current periods are shown separately, without interpolation.

I-130 · Immediate and Preference Relatives: approved and denied case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only) — Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

I-130 · Immediate and Preference Relatives: pending inventory and received case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only) — Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.

I-130 · Immediate and Preference Relatives · Historical classification 0: Immediate and Preference Relatives · historical export
Quarter	Received	Approved	Denied	Pending
Q1 2013	169,553	101,611	10,472	723,970
Q2 2013	191,203	155,778	11,443	749,287
Q3 2013	234,738	139,202	12,661	840,820
Q4 2013	217,888	163,694	13,064	893,123
Q1 2014	197,615	191,290	16,712	896,890
Q2 2014	189,403	238,810	19,510	840,102
Q3 2014	214,709	210,126	19,363	830,809
Q4 2014	186,906	206,307	21,158	797,888
Q1 2015	181,769	188,410	20,440	784,323
Q2 2015	183,201	196,576	22,469	752,487
Q3 2015	207,207	190,185	18,464	763,914
Q4 2015	196,464	177,742	16,530	774,748
Q1 2016	198,889	165,272	14,102	801,583
Q2 2016	208,004	179,314	14,894	830,450
Q3 2016	236,440	175,076	14,622	889,717
Q4 2016	225,959	172,557	15,878	938,577
Q1 2017	259,622	134,711	13,268	1,060,991
Q2 2017	234,142	133,974	13,439	1,158,517
Q3 2017	216,778	134,380	13,829	1,235,491
Q4 2017	203,942	137,745	17,026	1,289,088
Q1 2018	199,214	134,532	11,754	1,348,724
Q2 2018	214,062	163,866	12,789	1,394,669
Q3 2018	227,064	140,173	13,557	1,471,125
Q4 2018	195,632	141,856	14,768	1,520,249
Q1 2019	182,072	145,526	13,661	1,543,635
Q2 2019	166,264	157,587	14,718	1,546,378
Q3 2019	196,601	173,245	16,089	1,571,173
Q4 2019	203,727	209,481	28,650	1,564,880
Q1 2020	231,143	192,451	21,933	1,570,512
Q2 2020	203,236	199,806	25,267	1,543,183
Q3 2020	110,547	199,432	34,278	1,452,157
Q4 2020	167,118	141,871	25,728	1,472,788
Q1 2021	149,173	163,689	19,259	1,490,690

Preserved historical export; charts show the last eight available quarters, while the table retains all observations. Missing and suppressed cells remain unavailable. No line is drawn across the gap to current reports.Graph source and mapping audit.

Archived office coverage

5 mapped centers

NSC · Nebraska Service Center ESC · Vermont Service Center CSC · California Service Center SSC · Texas Service Center YSC · Potomac Service Center

Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-130

Official USCIS release Sep 9, 2026

Form I-130, (Awaiting Visa Availability) (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 3)

Contains information on USCIS approved family based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Form I-130 is included by preference category and country.

I-130

Official USCIS release Sep 8, 2026

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office or Service Center Location (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 3)

Contains quarterly performance data on alien relative petitions. It displays the number of petitions received, approved, denied, and pending by quarter of fiscal year, office, and subtype.

I-130

Official USCIS release Aug 5, 2026

Form I-130, (Awaiting Visa Availability) (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 2)

Contains information on USCIS approved family based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Form I-130 is included by preference category and country.

I-130

Official USCIS release Aug 3, 2026

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office or Service Center Location (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 2)

Contains quarterly performance data on alien relative petitions. It displays the number of petitions received, approved, denied, and pending by quarter of fiscal year, office, and subtype.

I-130

Official USCIS release Jun 13, 2026

Form I-130, (Awaiting Visa Availability) (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 1)

Contains information on USCIS approved family based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Form I-130 is included by preference category and country.

I-130

Official USCIS release Jun 12, 2026

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office or Service Center Location (Fiscal Year 2026, Quarter 1)

Contains quarterly performance data on alien relative petitions. It displays the number of petitions received, approved, denied, and pending by quarter of fiscal year, office, and subtype.

I-130

Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Form I-130, (Awaiting Visa Availability) (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)

Contains information on USCIS approved family based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Form I-130 is included by preference category and country.

I-130

Official USCIS release Mar 24, 2026

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office or Service Center Location (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)

Contains quarterly performance data on alien relative petitions. It displays the number of petitions received, approved, denied, and pending by quarter of fiscal year, office, and subtype.

I-130

Official USCIS release Oct 9, 2025

Form I-130, (Awaiting Visa Availability) (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)

Contains information on USCIS approved family based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Form I-130 is included by preference category and country.

I-130

Official USCIS release Oct 8, 2025

I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office or Service Center Location (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)

Contains quarterly performance data on alien relative petitions. It displays the number of petitions received, approved, denied, and pending by quarter of fiscal year, office, and subtype.

I-130

Legacy cached estimates

March 2022 office snapshots

These values are retained only for historical context and are not current processing estimates.

California Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 2130-23 monthsService request date November 18, 2019
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 218.5-6.5 monthsService request date September 02, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2159-45.5 monthsService request date June 17, 2017
Permanent resident filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2179-60.5 monthsService request date October 21, 2015
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 21146.5-113 monthsService request date February 24, 2010
U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister177.5-136.5 monthsService request date July 30, 2007

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 217-5 monthsService request date October 07, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 217-5 monthsService request date October 07, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2110-7.5 monthsService request date July 20, 2021
Permanent resident filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2166.5-51 monthsService request date October 28, 2016
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 21133-102.5 monthsService request date April 20, 2011
U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister160.5-123.5 monthsService request date December 26, 2008

Potomac Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 2136.5-28 monthsService request date April 25, 2019
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 2113-10 monthsService request date April 09, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2136.5-28 monthsService request date April 25, 2019
Permanent resident filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2136.5-28 monthsService request date April 25, 2019
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 2136.5-28 monthsService request date April 25, 2019
U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister36.5-28 monthsService request date April 25, 2019

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 2122.5-17.5 monthsService request date June 27, 2020
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 2114.5-11 monthsService request date March 03, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2122.5-17.5 monthsService request date June 27, 2020
Permanent resident filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2122.5-17.5 monthsService request date June 27, 2020
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 2122.5-17.5 monthsService request date June 27, 2020
U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister22.5-17.5 monthsService request date June 27, 2020

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

6 entries

Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 2133.5-26 monthsService request date July 29, 2019
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 2116-12 monthsService request date January 16, 2021
U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2172-55.5 monthsService request date May 11, 2016
Permanent resident filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 2166.5-51.5 monthsService request date October 22, 2016
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 2172-55.5 monthsService request date May 20, 2016
U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister123-95 monthsService request date February 06, 2012

Data notes

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Current processing-time estimates in the local snapshot come from cached USCIS API responses published on March 29, 2022. They are included only as legacy context; the primary up-to-date source is the USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed and linked quarterly workbooks.
Monthly service-wide metrics come from the latest USCIS appropriations reporting CSV and may use a different processing-time methodology than the historical national median series.

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I-130 Petition for Alien Relative

August 2026

August 2026 classification detail

Latest quarterly statistics

Quarterly count graphs

Approved and denied counts

Pending inventory and new receipts

Classification detail

Approved and denied counts

Pending inventory and new receipts

Approved and denied counts

Pending inventory and new receipts

National median processing time by fiscal year

Adoptions

Immediate Relative

Historical counts by classification

Approved and denied counts

Pending inventory and new receipts

5 mapped centers

Recent source documents for I-130

March 2022 office snapshots

California Service Center

Nebraska Service Center

Potomac Service Center

Texas Service Center

Vermont Service Center

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