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If you are helping a relative apply for a green card, Form I-485 (“Application for Adjustment of Status”) is the second step in the family-based green card process after submitting Form I-130 (“Petition for Alien Relative”).

As cycle times improve, processing times will follow, and applicants and petitioners will receive decisions on their cases more quickly. USCIS will increase capacity, improve technology, and expand staffing to achieve these new goals by the end of FY 2023.

The processing time for Form I-485 for family-based applications is currently 12.5–20.5 months (Boundless updates these figures monthly, based on analysis of USCIS data). Processing times for Form I-485 vary depending on your category of adjustment and which USCIS field office is processing the application.

The current processing times for adjustment of status after marriage are 12.5–20.5 months for the spouse of a U.S. citizen and 12.5–20.5 months for the spouse of a U.S. green card holder. Boundless has put together a detailed guide about adjustment of status processing times for a marriage green card.

You may check your case status online or call our USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 to check the status of your Form I-485. For people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability: TTY 800-767-1833.

Wait Times for Green Cards When the sponsor is a U.S. citizen (known as the CR1 visa) is 11.9 months. When the sponsor is a green card holder (known as the F2A visa) is: 25 months. For more up to date timelines, Boundless analyzes monthly processing times at USCIS field offices across the country.

The average I-485 processing time for employment applications in 2023 is between 9 and 42 months. The average I-485 processing time for refugees who were granted admission more than one year before their application submission is between 25 and 35 months.

The visa backlog and processing time delays remain a key issue for USCIS in 2023. ing to government data, median processing times for 2023 show a lack of significant improvement for many form types when compared to 2022. The Ombudsman report attributes this lack of improvement to several factors.