Form I-129F Processing Times Reported by USCIS
The processing times USCIS reports for Form I-129F, by office, with the date USCIS published them.
What USCIS reports
USCIS published these times on October 19, 2026.
Typical processing time USCIS reports: 13 to 16.5 months
The times USCIS lists for this form range from 13 months to 16.5 months, depending on the office and category.
USCIS lists a processing time for each office and, for some forms, for each category of request. The typical processing time above is the average ImmigrationTimes.org computes from the times USCIS lists for this form. The table shows its average for each office.
These are the times USCIS reports. They are not a prediction for any one case.
Individual cases can take more or less time.
Processing time by office
The typical processing time USCIS reports at each office it lists for this form.
| Office | Typical processing time | Published times averaged |
|---|---|---|
| Service Center Operations | 13 to 16.5 months | 1 |
About this data
Processing-time data: ImmigrationTimes.org (CC BY 4.0), compiled from USCIS publications; adapted by FormVeritas.
Neither ImmigrationTimes.org nor FormVeritas is affiliated with USCIS or the U.S. government.