How long is my form taking?
USCIS publishes a range per form and per office. Both matter — the same form can differ by months depending on where it is being handled.
Forms decided at a local field office, where which office you are assigned to changes the answer by months.
I-601 — Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility
26.5 to 54.5 months (2.2 to 4.5 years)
All Field Offices
Estimated median
16.7 months
The published range is the slow tail, not the middle: USCIS's low figure is where about 80% of cases have finished and the high figure about 93%. So half of cases finish sooner than 16.7 months — three in four by 25.1, nine in ten by 51.7. An estimate from those two published anchors, not a figure USCIS publishes.
Ranges are as published by USCIS: the low figure is where about 80% of cases have finished and the high figure about 93%. Confirm on Check on USCIS's processing times page.