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USCIS quarterly data · as of June 2026

Approved, and waiting for a visa number

USCIS's own count of approved I-140, I-360 and I-526 petitions whose beneficiary can't file for the green card yet, by category and country of birth, and how the count moved since the last one. The India wait, measured rather than argued.

What it holds, and the date each figure is true for:

856,662
approved petitions waiting for a visa number, every category
newest Jun 2026
491,773
of them for beneficiaries born in India
newest Jun 2026
356,360
India-born in EB-2 alone, 91% of the category
newest Jun 2026
71,779
for beneficiaries born in China
newest Jun 2026
Fig 01 Who is waiting, by category Approved petitions awaiting a visa number, as of June 2026

EB-1

31,962

  • India 17,861 (56%)
  • China 14,101 (44%)

EB-2

391,296

  • India 356,360 (91%)
  • China 34,936 (9%)

EB-3 professional and skilled

147,492

  • India 106,214 (72%)
  • China 11,070 (8%)
  • Mexico 757 (1%)
  • Philippines 19,147 (13%)
  • Rest of the World 10,304 (7%)

EB-3 other workers

57,743

  • India 228 (0%)
  • China 916 (2%)
  • Mexico 7,283 (13%)
  • Philippines 5,627 (10%)
  • Rest of the World 43,689 (76%)

EB-4 special immigrants

216,678

  • India 10,870 (5%)
  • China 1,093 (1%)
  • Mexico 15,959 (7%)
  • Philippines 189 (0%)
  • Rest of the World 188,567 (87%)

EB-4 religious workers

1,938

  • India 236 (12%)
  • China 114 (6%)
  • Mexico 131 (7%)
  • Philippines 63 (3%)
  • Rest of the World 1,394 (72%)

EB-5 unreserved

9,553

  • India 4 (0%)
  • China 9,549 (100%)

EB-5 set-aside

0

Nobody waiting: the category is current for every country.

Each bar is one preference category, split by the beneficiary's country of birth. Every country is capped at about seven percent of the year's visas, so a category where one country holds most of the bar is a category where that country waits. USCIS, eb_i140_i360_i526_performancedata_fy2026_q3_v1.xlsx, primary beneficiaries only, dependents excluded.
Fig 02 What moved since the last count March 2026 to June 2026

  1. Rest of the World, EB-4 special immigrants

    202,095 to 188,567

    −13,528

  2. Rest of the World, EB-3 professional and skilled

    21,558 to 10,304

    −11,254

  3. Rest of the World, EB-2

    6,734 to 0

    −6,734

  4. India, EB-2

    351,142 to 356,360

    +5,218

  5. Philippines, EB-3 professional and skilled

    17,088 to 19,147

    +2,059

  6. India, EB-1

    15,867 to 17,861

    +1,994

  7. China, EB-5 unreserved

    11,114 to 9,549

    −1,565

  8. China, EB-2

    33,501 to 34,936

    +1,435

  9. India, EB-4 special immigrants

    9,761 to 10,870

    +1,109

  10. Rest of the World, EB-3 other workers

    42,700 to 43,689

    +989
The whole count went from 878,542 to 856,662, a change of -21,880. A cell falls when the visa bulletin advances past those beneficiaries and they file, or when petitions are withdrawn or revoked; it rises as new approvals join the wait. Dark bars rose, accent bars fell. USCIS, two consecutive quarterly counts.

The whole table

USCIS's nine columns and six rows, as printed. The TOTAL row is USCIS's, and this site refuses the file if the countries don't sum to it.

Country of birth EB-1 EB-2 EB-3 professional and skilled EB-3 other workers EB-4 special immigrants EB-4 religious workers EB-5 unreserved EB-5 set-aside All categories
India 17,861 356,360 106,214 228 10,870 236 4 0 491,773
China 14,101 34,936 11,070 916 1,093 114 9,549 0 71,779
Mexico 0 0 757 7,283 15,959 131 0 0 24,130
Philippines 0 0 19,147 5,627 189 63 0 0 25,026
Rest of the World 0 0 10,304 43,689 188,567 1,394 0 0 243,954
All countries 31,962 391,296 147,492 57,743 216,678 1,938 9,553 0 856,662
What USCIS says about this count

Priority dates are judged against the final action dates chart of the visa bulletin for the month named. A petitioner can file more than one petition, so one person can appear twice. Petitions for people who have since become permanent residents or citizens are excluded. Dependents are not counted, and the annual visa limit counts them, so the visas these petitions will consume is larger than the count.

Fig 03 I-140 petitions by the year filed India against all countries, FY2014 to FY2026, as of FY2026 Q3

  1. FY2014

    35,164 approved, 2,801 denied, 117 pending · 7.4% of decided denied

    38,082 (44%)

  2. FY2015

    43,889 approved, 3,738 denied, 82 pending · 7.8% of decided denied

    47,709 (46%)

  3. FY2016

    65,074 approved, 4,813 denied, 128 pending · 6.9% of decided denied

    70,015 (47%)

  4. FY2017

    57,916 approved, 4,307 denied, 119 pending · 6.9% of decided denied

    62,342 (45%)

  5. FY2018

    54,560 approved, 3,961 denied, 87 pending · 6.8% of decided denied

    58,608 (43%)

  6. FY2019

    61,241 approved, 3,597 denied, 76 pending · 5.5% of decided denied

    64,914 (44%)

  7. FY2020

    50,063 approved, 2,793 denied, 62 pending · 5.3% of decided denied

    52,918 (41%)

  8. FY2021

    92,586 approved, 3,802 denied, 125 pending · 3.9% of decided denied

    96,513 (54%)

  9. FY2022

    69,579 approved, 2,897 denied, 89 pending · 4.0% of decided denied

    72,565 (44%)

  10. FY2023

    62,570 approved, 1,977 denied, 257 pending · 3.1% of decided denied

    64,804 (34%)

  11. FY2024

    59,159 approved, 4,037 denied, 2,543 pending · 6.4% of decided denied

    65,739 (29%)

  12. FY2025

    54,874 approved, 6,444 denied, 7,251 pending · 10.5% of decided denied

    68,569 (28%)

  13. FY2026

    35,919 approved, 2,880 denied, 12,010 pending · 7.4% of decided denied

    50,809 (29%)

Approvals by class, FY2025, petitions received that year

Class All India China Philippines Brazil Vietnam
Extraordinary ability (E11) 10,797 3,009 2,109 9 406 25
Outstanding professor or researcher (E12) 5,177 1,552 1,845 8 111 14
Multinational executive or manager (E13) 11,381 4,094 1,112 71 693 43
Advanced degree or exceptional ability (E21) 48,635 33,933 6,118 259 400 119
National interest waiver (NIW) 13,429 2,286 3,639 37 275 169
Skilled worker (E31) 12,877 2,050 392 2,719 635 141
Professional (E32) 21,319 7,921 2,629 2,087 387 210
Other worker (EW3) 22,587 29 221 2,252 1,367 7,014
How many I-140s USCIS received each fiscal year and where they stand now. The bar is India's receipts; the figure beside it is India's share of every country's. A recent year is mostly pending because it has not been decided yet, not because approvals fell. USCIS, i140_rec_by_class_country_fy2026_q3_v1.xlsx, by fiscal year received; the newest year is partial.

Common questions

What does 'awaiting visa availability' mean?
The petition is approved, so USCIS agrees the person qualifies, but the visa bulletin's final action date for their category and country has not reached their priority date. Until it does they cannot file the I-485 or, if they filed early under a dates-for-filing chart, cannot be approved. This count is those people, primary beneficiaries only.
Is this the same as the I-485 inventory?
No, and the two sit on either side of one line. This page counts approved petitions whose beneficiary is still waiting to file. USCIS's monthly I-485 inventory counts applications already filed and pending. The queue position calculator on this site reads the inventory; this page reads the stage before it.
Why does the page not say how many years the wait is?
Because the honest arithmetic needs figures nobody publishes: how many of these beneficiaries will still want the visa when their date comes, how many dependents each brings (USCIS excludes them here, the visa limit does not), and how the annual limit will be split. A years figure built on three guesses would read as a measurement. The count is the measurement; the visa bulletin page on this site shows how the cutoffs have actually moved.
Why is India so large and Mexico so small?
Each country is limited to about seven percent of the employment-based visas in a year regardless of demand, and India's demand in EB-2 and EB-3 is many times that share, so approved petitions accumulate. Mexico's employment-based demand is mostly in EB-3 other workers and EB-4, which is what its row shows.
Where does the fiscal-year table come from?
From a second USCIS workbook: I-140 petitions by the fiscal year they were received and their current status, all countries and the top five. A recent year is mostly still pending because USCIS has not decided it yet, not because approvals fell.

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The basics

What does 'awaiting visa availability' mean on an approved I-140?

The petition is approved but the visa bulletin's final action date for the category and country has not reached the priority date, so the beneficiary cannot yet be approved for a green card. USCIS counts these petitions every quarter by preference and country of birth, primary beneficiaries only, and this page prints that count.

How many people are waiting for an EB-2 India green card?

USCIS counted 356,360 approved petitions for India-born beneficiaries in EB-2 as of June 2026, 91% of everyone waiting in that category, before dependents. The count, not a wait in years, is what USCIS publishes; the green card line divides it by last year's green cards, and how the cutoff has actually moved is on the visa bulletin page.

Is this the same as the I-485 backlog?

No. This count is approved petitions whose beneficiary has not been able to file or be approved for adjustment; the I-485 inventory is applications already filed and pending. They sit on either side of the visa bulletin line.

Why are dependents not counted?

USCIS counts petitions, and a petition names one beneficiary. The visa limit counts every person, spouse and children included, so the visas these petitions will use is larger than the count shown. USCIS's note on the sheet says so, and this page repeats it rather than estimating a multiplier.

Petitions awaiting a visa: USCIS approved employment-based petitions awaiting a visa (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Approved I-140, I-360 and I-526 petitions whose beneficiary is still waiting for a visa number, by preference and country of birth, as of the month USCIS states. Primary beneficiaries only, dependents excluded.

I-140 by class and country: USCIS I-140 receipts by class and country of birth (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly I-140 petitions by the fiscal year USCIS received them and their current status, all countries and the top five, with approvals by class. Counted by filing year, so a recent year is mostly still pending.