The green card line,
November 2026.
Final Action Dates from the State Department's Visa Bulletin. In the bulletin's own words, numbers are authorized “only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the final action date listed below.” Every cell links to its history back to 2001.
Questions people ask
- How long is the I-485 green card application taking right now?
- How long does a work permit (I-765) take?
- How long is naturalization (N-400) taking at my field office?
- How does USCIS calculate its processing times, and when can I ask about my case?
- How long does a prevailing wage determination take?
- What is PERM, and why does it come before the I-140?
- Which month's PERM applications is the Department of Labor reviewing?
- Where is I-140 processing for my category?
- How long from NVC to the visa interview at my embassy?
- Final Action Date or Date for Filing: which one applies to me?
Recent Visa Bulletins
- Visa Bulletin for November 2026: what moved
- Visa Bulletin for October 2026: what moved
- Visa Bulletin for September 2026: what moved
- Visa Bulletin for August 2026: what moved
- Visa Bulletin for July 2026: what moved
- Visa Bulletin for June 2026: what moved
- Where dates may be in three bulletins, from past movement
- Every bulletin since December 2001
Processing times by form
- I-485: Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
- I-130: Petition for Alien Relative
- I-765: Application for Employment Authorization
- I-131: Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records
- I-140: Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers
- N-400: Application for Naturalization
- I-751: Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
- I-129F: Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)
- I-90: Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
- I-539: Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
Busiest USCIS field offices
- I-485 at Houston TX: 18–36 months
- I-485 at Dallas TX: 13.5–29 months
- I-485 at Tampa FL: 17–26.5 months
- I-485 at San Antonio TX: 13–24.5 months
- I-485 at Chicago IL: 18.5–40.5 months
- N-400 at Houston TX: 12–14 months
- N-400 at Dallas TX: 13–16.5 months
- N-400 at Chicago IL: 13–19.5 months
- N-400 at New York City NY: 10–12.5 months
- N-400 at San Jose CA: 16–31.5 months
Busiest by cases USCIS received in its last four published quarters. Every office, compared: I-485 · N-400.
What is in the archive
Paths, step by stepSpouse, parents, fiancé(e), EB-2/EB-3, family F1–F4 and naturalization: each step quoted from the official source, with today's numbers. Visa BulletinAll 295 bulletins since December 2001, every category and country as a history. USCIS processing timesEvery form, category and office USCIS publishes, recorded weekly. PERM and prevailing wageDepartment of Labor processing months, recorded daily. ReportsHow far every Visa Bulletin category moved in the last 12 months, computed from the archive, with a CSV download. NVC timeframesHow far the National Visa Center has reached, recorded weekly.
Why this site exists
The government publishes these numbers in different places, in different formats, and mostly only the current value. greencardline collects them every day, keeps every version, and puts each number next to the official page it came from.
Start with the plain-English explainers — every rule on them is quoted from an official source. Or read how the data is collected.