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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.

By field office By category

Forms decided centrally, at the National Benefits Center or Service Center Operations. Here the category of work is what changes the answer, not the office.

I-102 I-129 I-129CW I-129F I-130 I-131 I-140 I-212 I-360 I-485 I-539 I-600 I-600A I-600A3 I-601 I-601A I-612 I-751 I-765 I-765V I-800 I-800A I-800A3 I-817 I-821 I-821D I-824 I-90 I-914 I-918 I-929 N-565

I-824 — Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition

8 to 14.5 months

National Benefits Center

Estimated median

5.7 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 5.7 months — three in four by 7.7, nine in ten by 13.9. An estimate from those two published anchors, not a figure USCIS publishes.

I-824 by office — fastest first

National Benefits Center

8–14.5 mo

Median about 5.7 mo · 75% by 7.7 mo · 90% by 13.9 mo

Service Center Operations (SCOPS)

13.5–19.5 mo

Median about 11.4 mo · 75% by 13.2 mo · 90% by 18.9 mo

When can I ask about it?

Across 2 offices

Fastest: National Benefits Center8–14.5 mo
Slowest: Service Center Operations (SCOPS)13.5–19.5 mo

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.