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I-730 processing time by office

Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition. USCIS’s published processing time for Form I-730 at every office that adjudicates it, alongside the case inquiry date — the date that determines when you may formally ask USCIS about a case still pending.

USCIS posting date August 17, 2026 Office 1 Changed at last revision 0 Updated 14 September 2026, 14:16 UTC

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USCIS publishes one processing time for Form I-730, adjudicated at Refugee and International Operations (RIO): currently —. Its case inquiry date is — — the date USCIS uses to decide whether a case is outside normal processing times. If the receipt date on your Form I-797C receipt notice is earlier than it, USCIS will accept a case inquiry (a service request) on the case; if it is later, USCIS treats the case as still within normal processing times. Nothing changed here at the August 17, 2026 revision.

I-730 processing time at the office that adjudicates it

OfficeSubtypeProcessing timeCase inquiry date
Refugee and International Operations (RIO)145 Petition for accompanying family members of an asylee—

How to read the I-730 figures

Processing time is the range USCIS itself publishes for Form I-730. It is an estimate of how long the agency is taking overall, not a measurement of any individual case, and USCIS revises it roughly monthly without announcing the change.

Case inquiry date is the one that decides what you can do. Find your office in the table above and compare that date against the receipt date printed on your Form I-797C receipt notice. If your receipt date is earlier, USCIS treats the case as outside normal processing times and will accept a case inquiry, also called a service request. If it is later, USCIS treats the case as still within normal processing times and will not act on an inquiry.

The coloured figures show what moved at the most recent revision. Next to a processing time, a red figure means USCIS raised the published upper bound. Next to a case inquiry date, a red figure means the date moved backward — cases that had become eligible to inquire are once again treated as within normal processing times.

What USCIS changed for I-730

This archive has recorded 4 USCIS revisions and none of them altered Form I-730. Its published range and case inquiry dates have held steady across every revision observed so far.

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