Q: I-130 Case type processing time on visa bulletin question
I am a US citizen and I filed for my married daughter in India on June 2013. I have checked the visa bulletin and under the family sponsored F3 category, and it shows ” 01AUG04″ Does this mean that they are processing cases from August 2004? How long is the average processing time for this case type (I-130 Petition for Alien Relative, married daughter over 21), Vermont service center, field office-Atlanta
A:
Hello,
Yes Green cards under F3 categories has one of the longest wait times just behind the F4 categories. And yes, if the priority date says Aug 2004, it means they are processing the applications and petitions submitted during that time. The average processing times changes for every country. But for India, mexico, china and philippines you can check them on the visa bulletin. For other countries it is usually about 3 to 4 years. You can go to the link below to check that. All the best.
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do
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