Analysis

The longest USCIS processing times, ranked

Every form USCIS publishes a median for, slowest first.

USCIS publishes a median processing time for each form it decides. These are the fifteen slowest of the forms it decided in volume in FY2026 Q2. The slowest, I-130 (All Other Relative), ran at 3.3 years.

A median means half of the cases finished in that quarter took longer. It describes cases USCIS completed, not cases filed today — a form with a long queue is deciding filings that are already years old.

The fifteen slowest forms

Form Category Median Pending
I-130 (All Other Relative) Family Based 39.4 months 1,597,832
Waivers Other 35.9 months 542,885
I-914 Humanitarian 28.6 months 106,957
I-929 Humanitarian 27.2 months 2,005
I-751 Family Based 25 months 299,880
I-601A Family Based 24 months 71,985
I-485 (Asylum) Lawful Permanent Residence 22 months 113,567
I-485 (Other) Lawful Permanent Residence 20.7 months 55,012
I-918 Humanitarian 15.2 months 461,200
I-131 (Travel Documents, Parole Documents) Other 15.2 months 113,901
I-485 (Refugee) Lawful Permanent Residence 14.6 months 132,538
I-821 Humanitarian 12.6 months 574,448
I-131 (Parole in Place) Other 12.6 months 24,961
I-130 (Immediate Relative) Family Based 12.5 months 761,638
I-526E Employment Based 11.7 months 10,453

USCIS service-wide figures, FY2026 Q2

Source — USCIS quarterly data release, FY2026 Q2. Public domain.

Every figure above is read from the USCIS quarterly data release and rebuilt each time a new one is imported — this piece was last rebuilt 34 minutes ago. Nothing here is legal advice, and ImmigrationAll is not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency.