Sources and methodology

Current checks belong to USCIS

The official processing-times tool asks for the form, category and processing location. USCIS describes its displayed processing time as the time to complete 80% of cases in the relevant observation period. Its case-inquiry check is a separate step. Adding a broad month range to a receipt date does not establish an approval date or permission to inquire.

Our former estimator used that addition. We removed it and replaced the tool with a personal inquiry record. We do not retrieve current USCIS case results or predict individual decisions. Check the official tool before taking action, even when a previously recorded inquiry date has passed. See USCIS's explanation of the processing-time changes.

Historical statistics keep their original period

Historical tables identify the form category, fiscal year and statistic. A historical national median is different from the current processing-time figure for a category and office. Rebuilding this site does not refresh those historical observations. Existing review dates and data values have not been moved to September 2026 by this correction.

Older form records also contain broad month ranges and fee references. They are not verified current processing times or an amount due for a particular applicant. A review of a form's purpose or an old fee entry cannot verify every rule associated with that form.

Your inquiry record is a dated personal note

The I-130 / I-485 workspace organizes details you enter, the date you checked USCIS, your copy of its answer and up to six contact notes. An unfilled field stays unknown. The PDF, copied summary and editable file use the same record. The PDF creation date does not replace the official check date.

The workspace does not independently verify the answer you type, contact USCIS, submit an inquiry, estimate approval or provide legal advice. A reminder is a day you choose to review your notes; it is not a filing deadline. Device saving and file privacy are explained separately.

Fees require the applicable conditions

The current 8 CFR 106.2 includes different fee branches, and 8 CFR 106.1 describes conditions including electronic filing. Category, age, filing method, related applications, exemptions and additional statutory fees can change the amount. A single historical form constant cannot settle these questions.

Our fee checklist helps you gather the conditions to check. It does not provide a verified payable total. Use the current USCIS fee schedule, form instructions and payment guidance immediately before paying. September 2026 editorial corrections do not mean we obtained a complete current fee schedule or refreshed every fee.

What we could verify in this correction

On September 13, 2026, we reviewed readable USCIS public bulletins and current eCFR fee provisions to correct the method and direct users to official checks. Some dynamic USCIS tools and fee PDFs could not be retrieved during the review. We did not run a personal case query or fill those gaps with invented current values.

Search visibility and unverified pages

Some pages carry a noindex directive and are excluded from our sitemap while their data is unverified. This is a request to search engines, not a guarantee about indexing or a proof that all other pages are current. This correction preserves those existing restrictions, including the unverified New Zealand dataset. It does not expand which datasets we consider ready for search.