FY2026 Q2 · USCIS field office
I-130 processing time in Washington
19.6 mo
This office's queue
pending, at its own clearance rate
6,308
Pending here
at the close of the quarter
928
Decided here
approvals and denials
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National median
USCIS figure for I-130
Grade F for its I-130 queue
In FY2026 Q2 the Washington, District of Columbia field office decided 928 I-130 cases and still held 6,308 of them. At that pace its queue ran about 19.6 months — 58% longer than the national figure for the same form.
The letter measures queue length only — never how often this office says no. Why →
Denials here
Of the 928 I-130 decisions this office made, 42 (4.5%) were denials. A higher share is not evidence of a worse office: USCIS publishes nothing that separates an office applying the law strictly from one receiving weaker filings, which is why no grade on this site is built on it.
Shortest I-130 queues elsewhere
Other field offices, same form, same quarter.
| Grade | Office | Queue |
|---|---|---|
| A | Tucson Arizona | 5.8 mo |
| A | New York New York | 7.1 mo |
| A | San Diego California | 7.1 mo |
| A | Portland Oregon | 7.2 mo |
| A | Nashville Tennessee | 7.2 mo |
| A | San Antonio Texas | 7.6 mo |
| A | Fort Smith Arkansas | 7.8 mo |
| A | Phoenix Arizona | 8.0 mo |
| A | Sacramento California | 8.2 mo |
| A | St. Albans Vermont | 8.2 mo |