Most Form I-130 petitions for immediate relatives are approved within a 10 to 14 month time frame, but they can take longer in some cases.
After USCIS made major progress in reducing wait times for many U.S. immigration applications in 2024, data for the current fiscal year (which begins in October for the U.S. Federal Government) shows that processing times are increasing with the exception of the fiancé visa petition.
(a) An applicant, including an applicant who is a minor or an adult tax-dependent person, is indigent if the applicant's income is equal to or below 200 percent of the then-current federal poverty guidelines prescribed for the size of the household of the applicant by the United States Department of Health and Human ...
A Florida Supreme Court ruling allows some divorcing couples to waive filing financial affidavits under certain circumstances. But the amendments to Rule 12.285, which take effect November 1, apply only to uncontested divorces.