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I-130 processing at Hartford, CT

USCIS’s own quarterly numbers for this office. Newest: Apr–Jun 2026.

Time to clear backlog

27 months

includes cases moved or routed here

Pending applications

8,885

+129%, cases moved or routed in

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

975

+6% vs. previous quarter

Approval rate

85%

−8 pts vs. previous quarter
Special cases:

USCIS publishes no times per office. Nationally, I-130 (Immediate Relative) cases filed today are most likely decided in 11–22 months. See the national ranges.

For now, from our reading of the numbers:

USCIS is deciding far fewer of these cases than usual, and the field offices have so many waiting that your case may take longer than this range.

Details

USCIS decided 51% fewer of these cases in Apr–Jun 2026 than its average over the four quarters before.

USCIS moved I-130 cases to the field offices in Apr–Jun 2026. At the end of that quarter, they had 711,526 Immediate Relative cases waiting, and they decided 63,335 in the quarter. At that speed, deciding all of them would take 34 months (12 months the quarter before). At 81 of the 90 field offices, the cases already waiting would take longer than the most likely range to decide, at that office's own speed.

By category, Apr–Jun 2026

CategoryReceivedDecidedPendingTime to clear backlog
Immediate Relative1,403

incl. filings routed here

9758,88527 months

incl. cases moved or routed here

All Other Relative468

incl. filings routed here

4117,933not shown: too few decisions
All categories1,871

incl. filings routed here

1,01626,81879 months

incl. cases moved or routed here

What happened to the applications

  • Approved
  • Denied
  • Pending at quarter end
  • Filed (or routed here)
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Source: USCIS’s quarterly I-130 by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office Location reports, via the Immigration and Citizenship Data page. A dashed line ("cases moved or routed in"): In Apr–Jun 2026, USCIS moved these cases to the Hartford office and routed new filings here, which the filings line counts: its pile, and the time to clear it, changed for that reason, not because the office sped up or fell behind.

Backlog over time

Time to clear backlog is how long the office would need to decide every pending case at last quarter’s pace. It is not your wait: the pile includes cases on hold and cases USCIS cannot decide yet.

How to read the chart

USCIS sometimes moves pending cases between offices. A dashed line marks a quarter in which it did: the pile, and the time to clear it, then include the cases moved in (or leave out those moved away), so they don't show the office falling behind or catching up.

Time to clear backlog
0510152025months202120222023202420252026cases moved or routed in
A dashed line ("cases moved or routed in"): In Apr–Jun 2026, USCIS moved these cases to the Hartford office and routed new filings here, which the filings line counts: its pile, and the time to clear it, changed for that reason, not because the office sped up or fell behind.