Family Based

I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)

All Classifications (K1, K2, K3, and K4)

Quarterly and historical sources

Dataset updated Jul 25, 2026.

Latest official release Not published.

FY2026 Q1

Latest all-forms quarter

Open USCIS workbook
Quarter pending 36,875

October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Quarter approvals 8,612

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 9,385

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 2,919

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)9,3858,6122,91936,8757.5 months
Historical medians

National median processing time by fiscal year

FY2026 values are partial-year through May 31, 2026. These medians use a different methodology from the monthly averages above.

All Classifications (K1, K2, K3, and K4)

Latest published median: 8 months.

All Classifications

Latest published median: 7.8 months.

Legacy quarterly series

Older inventory movement

This series comes from the pulled legacy TSV export and is not presented as current.

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q2 201911,27613,6032,34221,585
Q3 201911,91412,8483,13919,073
Q4 201911,75010,7002,78917,973
Q1 202011,5339,0232,59218,969
Q2 202012,0339,1152,74118,875
Q3 20207,0735,9171,50518,789
Q4 20208,0964,4701,55021,060
Q1 20213,2834,7301,27520,371
Service-center coverage

5 mapped centers

Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-129F

No form-specific report is currently indexed from the USCIS RSS feed.

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

2 entries
  • K-1/K-2 - Not yet married - fiancé(e) and/or dependent child13-10 monthsService request date April 08, 2021
  • K-3/K-4 - Already married - spouse and/or dependent child13-10 monthsService request date April 08, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • K-3/K-4 - Already married - spouse and/or dependent child7-5 monthsService request date October 05, 2021

Potomac Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • K-3/K-4 - Already married - spouse and/or dependent child7-3 monthsService request date October 06, 2021

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • K-3/K-4 - Already married - spouse and/or dependent child7-4 monthsService request date October 06, 2021

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • K-3/K-4 - Already married - spouse and/or dependent child7-5 monthsService request date October 06, 2021
Data notes

How to read this page

  • Historical national median processing times are refreshed from the official USCIS rendered tables. FY2026 is partial-year through May 31, 2026.
  • 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.
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