FY2026 Q2 · USCIS record
I-485 processing time for Family-Based Applicants
5.9 mo
Median processing time
half of cases took longer
579,684
Still pending
in this category
83,203
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
127,189
Filed this quarter
new petitions received
Which category your case is counted in
Adjustments through a family petition are reported as one family-based I-485 row.
USCIS does not publish a separate processing time for family-based applicant. It publishes I-485 as Family, and that is the queue your petition sits in — so the figures above are that category's, not an estimate made for this page.
What comes after the petition
Immediate relatives can file immediately; preference categories must wait for a visa number first.
Reading the number
5.9 months is a median: half of the I-485 Family 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 579,684 pending petitions sits ahead of a new filing.