GeneralImmigraMateOfficialSeptember 22, 2026

Why your processing time looks different depending on where you look.

USCIS publishes processing times separately for service centres and field offices, and the same form can differ enormously between them. Which one applies to you depends on your receipt number: IOE, LIN, SRC, WAC, EAC

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Posts and replies come from community members and sometimes from the ImmigraMate team. Timelines vary enormously between cases, and someone else's approval date tells you very little about yours. For anything that turns on your specific facts, talk to an immigration attorney.