FY2026 Q2 · USCIS record
I-130 processing time for a Child Over 21
39.4 mo
Median processing time
half of cases took longer
1,597,832
Still pending
in this category
23,584
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
37,808
Filed this quarter
new petitions received
Which category your case is counted in
Once a child turns 21 they leave the immediate relative group — unmarried into F1, married into F3.
USCIS does not publish a separate processing time for child over 21 of U.S. citizen. It publishes I-130 as All Other Relative, and that is the queue your petition sits in — so the figures above are that category's, not an estimate made for this page.
Also counted in the same category: a spouse of a green card holder, a sibling of a U.S. citizen .
What comes after the petition
Both categories are capped, so an approved petition then waits for a visa number.
Reading the number
39.4 months is a median: half of the I-130 All Other Relative petitions USCIS finished in FY2026 Q2 took longer than that, and half took less. It describes cases that were completed in the quarter, so it says nothing directly about a case filed today — a queue of 1,597,832 pending petitions sits ahead of a new filing.