Form I-485 Processing Times Reported by USCIS
The processing times USCIS reports for Form I-485, by office, with the date USCIS published them.
What USCIS reports
USCIS published these times on October 19, 2026.
USCIS’s times for this form vary widely by office and category, so no single typical time is shown here. The table below has the times by office.
Where USCIS lists several categories for one office, the table shows the average of their times and how many were averaged. The official USCIS processing-times page lists the time for each category.
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 times USCIS reports at each office it lists for this form.
| Office | Average of the times USCIS lists | Published times averaged |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, NM | 13.5 to 28 months | 1 |
| Agana, GU | 21.5 to 38 months | 1 |
| Albany, NY | 15 to 26.5 months | 1 |
| Anchorage, AK | 9.5 to 29.5 months | 1 |
| Atlanta, GA | 16.5 to 31 months | 1 |
| Baltimore, MD | 19 to 32.5 months | 1 |
| Brooklyn, NY | 19 to 40 months | 1 |
| Boise, ID | 18 to 37.5 months | 1 |
| Boston, MA | 13.5 to 28.5 months | 1 |
| Buffalo, NY | 10 to 17.5 months | 1 |
| Charlotte Amalie, VI | 13.5 to 41.5 months | 1 |
| Chicago, IL | 18.5 to 40.5 months | 1 |
| Charleston, SC | 13.5 to 21.5 months | 1 |
| Christiansted, VI | 18 to 37.5 months | 1 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 14 to 25 months | 1 |
| Cleveland, OH | 15.5 to 30.5 months | 1 |
| Columbus, OH | 14 to 35.5 months | 1 |
| Charlotte, NC | 18 to 31 months | 1 |
| Dallas, TX | 13.5 to 29 months | 1 |
| Denver, CO | 22.5 to 39.5 months | 1 |
| Detroit, MI | 14.5 to 34.5 months | 1 |
| Des Moines, IA | 14.5 to 22.5 months | 1 |
| El Paso, TX | 12.5 to 22.5 months | 1 |
| Field Office Directorate | 24.7 to 40.8 months | 3 |
| Fresno, CA | 16 to 37.5 months | 1 |
| Fort Smith, AR | 15 to 21 months | 1 |
| Greer, SC | 15 to 20.5 months | 1 |
| Hartford, CT | 14.5 to 31.5 months | 1 |
| Helena, MT | 9.5 to 14.5 months | 1 |
| Honolulu, HI | 18.5 to 37.5 months | 1 |
| Hialeah, FL | 14 to 27.5 months | 1 |
| Harlingen, TX | 11 to 23 months | 1 |
| Houston, TX | 18 to 36 months | 1 |
| Imperial, CA | 12.5 to 33 months | 1 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 22 to 35 months | 1 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 17 to 32.5 months | 1 |
| Kansas City, MO | 14 to 27 months | 1 |
| Kendall, FL | 14.5 to 29 months | 1 |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 17.5 to 38.5 months | 1 |
| Lawrence, MA | 20.5 to 39.5 months | 1 |
| Long Island, NY | 16.5 to 33 months | 1 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 15 to 37 months | 1 |
| Louisville, KY | 12.5 to 24.5 months | 1 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 19 to 36 months | 1 |
| Manchester, NH | 13 to 21.5 months | 1 |
| Memphis, TN | 22.5 to 33 months | 1 |
| Montgomery, AL | 13.5 to 21.5 months | 1 |
| Miami, FL | 21.5 to 40 months | 1 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 15.5 to 32.5 months | 1 |
| Mount Laurel, NJ | 21.5 to 33.5 months | 1 |
| Newark, NJ | 22 to 38 months | 1 |
| Cranbury, NJ | 17 to 34.5 months | 1 |
| New Orleans, LA | 21 to 36.5 months | 1 |
| Norfolk, VA | 19.5 to 41 months | 1 |
| Nashville, TN | 13.5 to 23.5 months | 1 |
| New York City, NY | 14.5 to 33.5 months | 1 |
| Fort Myers, FL | 20 to 29.5 months | 1 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 20.5 to 39 months | 1 |
| Oakland Park, FL | 22.5 to 39 months | 1 |
| Omaha, NE | 12 to 21 months | 1 |
| Orlando, FL | 18.5 to 33 months | 1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 15 to 31 months | 1 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 14 to 24.5 months | 1 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 14 to 27 months | 1 |
| Portland, ME | 22.5 to 36.5 months | 1 |
| Portland, OR | 16 to 37 months | 1 |
| Providence, RI | 12.5 to 21 months | 1 |
| Queens, NY | 21 to 40.5 months | 1 |
| Raleigh, NC | 24.5 to 40 months | 1 |
| Reno, NV | 18 to 36.5 months | 1 |
| Santa Ana, CA | 27.5 to 43.5 months | 1 |
| Sacramento, CA | 18 to 39 months | 1 |
| San Juan, PR | 14.5 to 30 months | 1 |
| San Bernardino, CA | 19 to 33 months | 1 |
| Service Center Operations | 37 to 41.3 months | 3 |
| Seattle, WA | 36 to 56.5 months | 1 |
| San Francisco, CA | 18.5 to 41.5 months | 1 |
| San Fernando Valley, CA | 13 to 38.5 months | 1 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 15 to 21.5 months | 1 |
| San Antonio, TX | 13 to 24.5 months | 1 |
| San Diego, CA | 13 to 31.5 months | 1 |
| San Jose, CA | 32.5 to 43 months | 1 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 16.5 to 34.5 months | 1 |
| Spokane, WA | 22 to 60.5 months | 1 |
| Burlington, VT | 8.5 to 12.5 months | 1 |
| Saint Louis, MO | 12 to 25 months | 1 |
| Tampa, FL | 17 to 26.5 months | 1 |
| Tucson, AZ | 8.5 to 13.5 months | 1 |
| Washington, DC | 18 to 24 months | 1 |
| Wichita, KS | 11.5 to 28.5 months | 1 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 16.5 to 29 months | 1 |
| Yakima, WA | 21 to 57.5 months | 1 |
Supplements filed with this form
USCIS publishes no separate processing time for Form I-485SUPA, Form I-485SUPJ, filed with this form.
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.