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I-130 · 134A-IR

I-130 Immediate relative processing time at Service Center Operations (SCOPS)

U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21

USCIS processing time · 80% of completed cases

21.5 months

SCD

USCIS publication date

July 15, 2026

Case inquiry threshold · 93%

29 months

FillingTide snapshot

August 6, 2026

Context, not a case prediction

These aggregate figures describe completed cases and are a reference point only. An individual case can take more or less time.

How the 80% processing time changed

FillingTide compares the same form, category, and office across dated USCIS publications. Repeated mirror releases of an unchanged publication are not treated as new observations. We do not interpolate missing values or predict an approval date.

Slower

The 80th-percentile processing time increased

4.5 months between February 16, 2026 and August 6, 2026. This is a historical comparison, not a forecast for an individual case.

I-130 80th-percentile processing-time history at Service Center Operations (SCOPS)6 dated USCIS publications showing the 80th-percentile processing time in normalized months. Exact source values are listed in the table below.21.519.317.0Jan 14, 26Feb 18, 26Mar 16, 26Apr 21, 26May 22, 26Jul 15, 26Normalized months
The horizontal axis uses the USCIS publication date, so spacing reflects the actual interval between observations. Processing times are normalized to months only for visual comparison; the table preserves both percentile metrics in their source units.

Exact source history

The chart uses only the 80th-percentile processing time. The table keeps that value separate from the 93rd-percentile threshold USCIS uses to calculate case inquiry eligibility, and links every dated release.

Historical USCIS 80th-percentile processing times and 93rd-percentile case inquiry thresholds for I-130 at Service Center Operations (SCOPS)
SnapshotUSCIS publicationProcessing time · 80%Inquiry threshold · 93%Source
July 15, 202621.5 months29 months2026-08-06 release
May 22, 202619 months26.5 months2026-06-16 release
April 21, 202617.5 months25 months2026-05-16 release
March 16, 202617 months23 months2026-04-16 release
February 18, 202617 months22.5 months2026-03-16 release
January 14, 202617 months22.5 months2026-02-16 release

30- and 60-day views

Window comparisons use the nearest same-method USCIS publication only when it falls within 15 days of the target. The cards disclose the real interval and never interpolate.

30-day comparison

No same-method observation falls within 15 days of this target window. FillingTide does not stretch a distant data point into a 30-day claim.

60-day comparison

slower

+2.5 months

Compared with May 22, 2026, 54 actual days before the latest USCIS publication. No interpolation is used.

USCIS note for this category

USCIS posts one processing time for any Service Center location that processes Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative, specifically for Immediate Relative (IR) classification. We keep these requests in an electronic system that allows us generally to assign adjudication-ready cases in the order USCIS receives them, regardless of where the customer is located, where the case is pending, or which service center will adjudicate.

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Source and provenance

USCIS is the underlying source. Because USCIS currently challenges routine automated requests, this launch dataset is ingested through the independently maintained daily mirror . Verify time-sensitive decisions on the official USCIS page. Read our data-source notes.

Understand this number

USCIS calculates the displayed processing time from the 80th percentile of recently completed cases. This page does not establish why it changed or how long an individual case will take.

Read the USCIS methodology
Case inquiry date

USCIS calculates inquiry eligibility from a separate 93rd-percentile threshold. The mirrored source lists March 09, 2024 as the current date for cases eligible to ask a question. Always use the official USCIS tool before making an inquiry.

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