VisaTracker
I-130 · 2023 Data

Family Petition (I-130)

Petition for alien relative filed by U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor family members for immigration.

515K
Applications
87%
Approval Rate
540
Avg Days
Stable
Trend

Key Facts

Form Number
I-130
Processing Time
18 months
(540 days average)
Application Volume
515K
24.2% of all applications

Approval Rate Breakdown

Approved87%
Denied / Other13%

Other Visa Categories

Green Card (I-485)
1.2M apps · 82% approved
Naturalization (N-400)
876K apps · 91% approved
Work Visa (I-129)
232K apps · 85% approved
Asylum (I-589)
20K apps · 37% approved
Refugee Admission (I-590)
60K apps · 65% approved
Diversity Visa (DV Lottery)
40K apps · 45% approved
Nonimmigrant Admission
61.1M apps · 94% approved

About This Data

Data from USCIS quarterly reports (2023). Last updated May 2025. See our methodology.