I-730 processing times · Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition
Latest USCIS data: Apr–Jun 2026, from the All USCIS Application and Petition Form Types report.
Time to clear backlog
240+ months
Pending applications
23,562
−38%, more than decisions explain
Decided in Apr–Jun 2026
240
−89% vs. previous quarter
Approval rate
63%
−26 pts vs. previous quarter
Quarter-over-quarter highlight: The count of pending I-730 applications at USCIS went from 37,779 to 23,562 in Apr–Jun 2026 (−38%), but that quarter's filings minus its decisions come to +2,161, which doesn't account for the change, so we don't read it as USCIS catching up or falling behind. At that quarter's pace of decisions, clearing it would take 240+ months.
What happened to the applications
The bars are the I-730 decisions USCIS made each quarter, approved in blue and denied in red. The amber line is the backlog: how many applications were still waiting at the end of that quarter, most of them filed in earlier ones. The dashed line is how many came in.
- Approved
- Denied
- Pending at quarter end
- Filed
The numbers are stored in a JSON file on GitHub. A diamond marks a pending count that doesn't match the quarter before's count plus the quarter's filings minus its decisions: it is what USCIS reported, but USCIS doesn't say why they differ, so the pages draw no conclusions from it.
USCIS median and backlog over time
Time to clear backlog is how long USCIS 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. USCIS has not published a median for this form since Jul–Sep 2025. USCIS's Apr–Jun 2024 report repeated the quarter before's medians, so the chart has none for Apr–Jun 2024.
- Time to clear backlog
- USCIS median processing time