Family Based

I-600 Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative

U.S. citizen filing to adopt an orphan

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 571

October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Quarter approvals 72

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 110

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 36

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative11072365718.4 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.

U.S. citizen filing to adopt an orphan

Latest published median: 18.2 months.

Service-center coverage

1 mapped centers

Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-600

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.

National Benefits Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • U.S. citizen filing to adopt an orphan6-4 monthsService request date November 07, 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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