A method and apparatus for processing a scheduling request in a handover scenario are provided. The method comprises: when user equipment has just handed over to a new cell, setting an advance time interval for triggering a scheduling request in advance according to a number of a subframe for sending a handover completion message of the user equipment; in the advance time interval, determining a trigger time for triggering the scheduling request in advance according to the number of the subframe for sending uplink data of the user equipment; and triggering the scheduling request in advance according to the trigger time. The technical solution is applied to guarantee that uplink FTP data are sent in time through sending a triggered scheduling request in advance, and avoid the occurrence of the FTP flow interruption phenomenon.