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I-129

I-129 processing times

Employer petition for a temporary worker, such as H-1B, L-1 or O-1.

Cases like yours (I-129) typically take about 2.2–5.3 months based on recent USCIS historic national median processing times.

Latest USCIS national median: 5.3 months (FY2026, Nonimmigrant Petition (non Premium filed)). Displayed band is the min–max of the latest three available fiscal-year medians.

These figures come from USCIS historic national medians (min–max of recent fiscal years for the form’s main classification), not a prediction for your case. They are not comparable to the live Case Processing Times tool.

Source: USCIS historic processing times. egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

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