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Processing Times at USCIS Regional Service Centers:

Posted Date	02.17.10	02.17.10	02.17.10	02.17.10
Case Type	Vermont Service Center	Nebraska Service Center	Texas Service Center	California Service Center
I-90 for green card issuance or replacement	3.5 months	3.5 months	05.01.09	08.17.09
I-90 for green card 10-yr renewal	n/a	3.5 months	n/a	n/a
I-102 for Nonimmigrant Arrival/Departure Record issuance or replacement of a Form I-94	2.5 months	2.5 months	2.5 months	2.5 months
I-129 F for Alien Fiance(e)	5 months	no info	n/a	5 months
I-129 H-1B for Overseas Aliens	2 months	no info	2 months	2 months
I-129 H-1B for Change of Status in US	2 months	no info	2 months	2 months
I-129 H-1B Extension	2 months	no info	2 months	2 months
I-129 H-3 Temporary Trainees	2 months	no info	2 months	2 months
I-129 L-1	1 month	no info	1 month	1 month
I-130 IR	5 months	5 months	5 months	5 months
I-130 F1	01.21.08	5 months	5 months	5 months
I-130 F3	10.01.08	5 months	5 months	5 months
I-130 F4	12.17.08	11.02.04	07.22.05	5 months
I-130 F2A	07.23.07	5 months	07.22.05	5 months
I-130 F2B	07.31.07	5 months	07.22.05	5 months
I-131 AP	3 months	3 months	3 months	3 months
I-131 RP	n/a	09.02.09	n/a	n/a
I-131 RTD	n/a	09.02.09	n/a	n/a
I-140 E11	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 E12	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 E13	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 E21	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 E31/2	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 EW3	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-140 NIW	11.02.07	4 months	4 months	no Info
I-212	4 months	01.01.09	no info	4 months
I-485 Employment Based	07.25.06	06.04.09	07.25.09	07.28.07
I-485 Asylum Based	n/a	4 months	07.11.09	n/a
I-539 Change of Status to F-1 student	2.5 months	no info	2.5 months	2.5 months
I-539 Extension of Status other than for F, M, J, L or H status	2.5 months	no info	2.5 months	2.5 months
I-612	4 months	06.04.09	05.27.09	04.22.09
I-730	n/a	5 months	07.11.09	n/a
I-751	6 months	6 months	6 months	6 months
I-765 Employment based	3 months	3 months	3 months	3 months
I-765 Asylum Based	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks
I-824	3 months	3 months	07.19.09	3 months
I-829	no info	no info	6 months	03.07.08
N-600	5 months	n/a	n/a	n/a
Complete List of Processing Times	Vermont Service Center	Nebraska Service Center	Texas Service Center	California Service Center
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Note: n/a means the Service Center does not process this type of application.

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I-90 -- Application to replace permanent resident card which has been lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed, never received, has incorrect information on it, is expiring after 10 years, or where the holder's name or other biographic information has changed since the card was issued. This form can be used by a conditional permanent resident, commuter permanent resident, or permanent resident.

I-129 -- Petition for non-immigrant worker filed by organization to accord alien E (investor or treaty trader), H (specialized professional worker, temporary worker in which the position itself is temporary, trainee, registered nurse, or artists, fashion models and entertainers of national or international acclaim), L (intra-company manager, investor or worker with specialized knowledge), O (alien with extraordinary ability in sciences, art, education or business), P (alien artist or performer- usually as part of a group or under a reciprocal exchange program), Q (participant in an international cultural exchange program), R (religious worker), or TN (North American Free Trade Agreement citizen of Mexico or Canada coming as a professional under the NAFTA list) visa statuses.

I-130 -- Petition for alien relative to accord preference classification for relative to immigrate under the family based categories. "IR" denotes the children, spouses and parents of US citizens.

I-131 -- Application for travel documents to accord non-permanent resident alien advance parole (AP) or refugee travel document (RTD). For permanent resident alien, form is used for reentry permit (RP).

I-140 -- Immigrant petition for alien worker to accord preference classification under the employment based categories including EB-11 (extraordinary alien), EB-12 (outstanding professor or researcher), EB-13 (intracompany transferee manager/executive), EB-2 (advanced degree alien), NIW (advanced degree or exceptional alien requesting a national interest waiver), EB-31 (skilled worker with 2 years experience and position requiring such), EB-32 (professional worker with bachelor's degree or equivalent and work requiring such), EW-3 (other worker in unskilled position not requiring 2 years experience).

I-212 -- Application for permission to reapply for admission into the United States after deportation or removal.

I-485 -- Application to register permanent resident or adjust status to permanent residence.

I-526 -- Immigrant petition by alien entrepreneur based on investment in a commercial enterprise.

I-539 -- Application by nonimmigrant alien to extend or change non-immigrant status.

I-601 -- Application for waiver of ground of excludability.

I-612 -- Application for waiver of the foreign residence requirement for J visa holders.

I-730 -- Petition to allow families of refugees and asylees to immigrate.

I-751 -- Petition to remove the conditions on residence for a conditional resident accorded status through marriage.

I-765 -- Application for employment authorization.

I-824 -- Application for action on an approved application or petition -- this form can be used for requesting a duplicate approval notice, requesting notification of approval of a petition to a U.S. consulate or port of entry, or requesting that a U.S. consulate be notified of adjustment of status to permanent residence. It is used most commonly to allow dependents to follow-to-join a principal alien.

I-829 -- Petition by entrepreneur to remove conditions for a conditional resident accorded status through investment in a commercial enterprise.

For further information and procedures, please visit the official websites of the Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services and the Department of Labor. Links to their sites are available below.