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Family-based Green Card: timing depends on relationship category, priority date, country of chargeability, I-130, I-485 or consular processing, and interview stage
Last checked August 13, 2026.
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Depends on category and priority date
Published as official guidance rather than one number; the official summary on this page has the full picture.
Updated Aug 13
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Official updates over time
Family-based Green Card: timing depends on relationship category, priority date, country of chargeability, I-130, I-485 or consular processing, and interview stage
Updated Aug 13, 2026, 4:33 PM
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Family-based Green Card: timing depends on relationship category, priority date, country of chargeability, I-130, I-485 or consular processing, and interview stage
Updated Jul 18, 2026, 10:04 AM
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Reading the Family-based Green Card figure
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Family-based Green Cards split into two systems that behave nothing alike. Immediate relatives of US citizens, meaning spouses, parents, and unmarried children under 21, have no annual cap and no queue for a visa number. Every other family relationship sits in the preference categories, which are capped by law, run on priority dates, and can hold a family for years or decades depending on category and country of birth. The same petition form starts both, which is why two families with the same paperwork live in different realities.
The petition is the beginning, not the process
An approved I-130 establishes that the relationship is real. It grants nothing else. After it comes the visa-number stage, instant for immediate relatives and bulletin-controlled for preference cases, and then the final stage, adjustment of status inside the US or consular processing abroad, each with its own clock. A published processing figure describes one of these stages, never the journey.
Comparing waits without fooling yourself
A useful comparison holds three things constant: the category, the country of chargeability, and the route taken at the end. Reader reports on this page say the most when they name those three, and a report missing them is a story rather than a data point. The stage-by-stage guide linked below walks the whole sequence.
Visa Bulletin checker
Where does your priority date stand this month?
Pick your category and country of chargeability and read your date against the current bulletin's charts, including the one USCIS accepts for adjustment filings. Every cell is transcribed from the State Department's own document.
October 2026 Visa BulletinComplete timeline guide
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Read the full stage-by-stage guide