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The I-485 by field office

What each USCIS office received, decided and still holds in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), employment-based first, and how many quarters of work each has at last quarter's pace.

The quarter at USCIS's offices

268,408
employment-based I-485 applications pending, every office 25% more than FY26 Q2
through Jun 30 2026
42,076
employment-based I-485 approvals in the quarter
through Jun 30 2026
3,160
employment-based denials in the quarter
through Jun 30 2026
97,501
employment-based applications received
through Jun 30 2026

Nationally, that pending pile is 5.9 quarters of work at the quarter's pace of 45,236 decisions, every office and service center together.

Find your office

93 field offices and 6 service centers, busiest first. Search for yours, filter by state, or sort on any column. An office's name opens its own page, with its last four quarters and the timelines people shared from it. Every count is USCIS's own, for the employment-based half, with the family-based pending count beside it for scale.

All 99 offices

Every USCIS field office and service center, employment-based I-485 counts for the quarter
California Service Center 789 21,053 18.6
San Jose California 1,637 13,565 8.0
Dallas Texas 448 9,203 19.4
Seattle Washington 675 8,473 12.1
Los Angeles California 2,947 7,710 2.6
Houston Texas 401 7,005 16.0
Chicago Illinois 875 6,714 7.4
Atlanta Georgia 373 6,338 16.4
Baltimore Maryland 267 6,302 22.0
Texas Service Center 190 6,203 18.9
Boston Massachusetts 614 5,839 9.1
New York New York 1,133 5,679 4.8
Los Angeles County California 1,830 5,629 3.0
San Fernando Valley California 2,678 5,554 2.0
Orlando Florida 218 5,172 14.4
San Francisco California 1,804 5,107 2.7
New Jersey Central New Jersey 807 5,019 6.0
Santa Ana California 1,354 4,954 3.5
Newark New Jersey 908 4,833 5.1
Long Island New York 627 4,816 7.5
Washington District of Columbia 286 4,696 14.5
Nebraska Service Center 337 4,660 12.0
San Antonio Texas 137 4,652 30.6
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 935 4,507 4.7
San Diego California 750 4,370 5.6
What the columns mean, in USCIS's words

Received is new applications entered in the quarter; approved and denied are decisions issued in the quarter; pending is what awaited a decision on its last day. USCIS notes that transfers between offices and administrative closures are not in the report, so a pending count cannot be computed from earlier periods. The office location is where the case sits, not the whole area the office covers. Employment-based applications are received at a service center and routed from there.

Employment-based I-485 pending The fifteen field offices holding the most

  1. San Jose, California

    13,565

    -372 since FY2026 Q2 · 1,637 approved, 49 denied

  2. Dallas, Texas

    9,203

    +1,030 since FY2026 Q2 · 448 approved, 27 denied

  3. Seattle, Washington

    8,473

    +1,056 since FY2026 Q2 · 675 approved, 25 denied

  4. Los Angeles, California

    7,710

    +1,368 since FY2026 Q2 · 2,947 approved, 70 denied

  5. Houston, Texas

    7,005

    +1,255 since FY2026 Q2 · 401 approved, 38 denied

  6. Chicago, Illinois

    6,714

    +1,134 since FY2026 Q2 · 875 approved, 31 denied

  7. Atlanta, Georgia

    6,338

    +1,334 since FY2026 Q2 · 373 approved, 13 denied

  8. Baltimore, Maryland

    6,302

    +3,030 since FY2026 Q2 · 267 approved, 20 denied

  9. Boston, Massachusetts

    5,839

    +2,084 since FY2026 Q2 · 614 approved, 26 denied

  10. New York, New York

    5,679

    +2,251 since FY2026 Q2 · 1,133 approved, 42 denied

  11. Los Angeles County, California

    5,629

    +2,446 since FY2026 Q2 · 1,830 approved, 53 denied

  12. San Fernando Valley, California

    5,554

    +1,664 since FY2026 Q2 · 2,678 approved, 85 denied

  13. Orlando, Florida

    5,172

    +1,320 since FY2026 Q2 · 218 approved, 141 denied

  14. San Francisco, California

    5,107

    +174 since FY2026 Q2 · 1,804 approved, 55 denied

  15. New Jersey Central, New Jersey

    5,019

    +1,053 since FY2026 Q2 · 807 approved, 28 denied

Applications awaiting a decision at each office on the quarter's last day, with the change since the previous quarter where this site holds it. More
Applications awaiting a decision at each office on the quarter's last day, with the change since the previous quarter where this site holds it. Field offices only. The service centers are in Fig 03.
USCIS, i485_performance_data_fy2026_q3_v1.xlsx, employment-based, pending as of 2026-06-30.
Quarters of work in the pile Offices with 1,000 or more employment-based pending

  1. New Orleans, Louisiana

    65.6 qtrs

    1,902 pending against 29 decided in the quarter

  2. Montgomery, Alabama

    56.5 qtrs

    1,639 pending against 29 decided in the quarter

  3. Raleigh, North Carolina

    40.0 qtrs

    3,401 pending against 85 decided in the quarter

  4. San Antonio, Texas

    30.6 qtrs

    4,652 pending against 152 decided in the quarter

  5. Charlotte, North Carolina

    26.9 qtrs

    3,682 pending against 137 decided in the quarter

  6. Miami, Florida

    25.5 qtrs

    2,063 pending against 81 decided in the quarter

  7. Tampa, Florida

    23.8 qtrs

    2,905 pending against 122 decided in the quarter

  8. Oakland Park, Florida

    23.0 qtrs

    2,024 pending against 88 decided in the quarter

  9. Phoenix, Arizona

    22.7 qtrs

    1,885 pending against 83 decided in the quarter

  10. Detroit, Michigan

    22.2 qtrs

    3,552 pending against 160 decided in the quarter

  11. Baltimore, Maryland

    22.0 qtrs

    6,302 pending against 287 decided in the quarter

  12. Dallas, Texas

    19.4 qtrs

    9,203 pending against 475 decided in the quarter

  13. Charleston, South Carolina

    16.6 qtrs

    1,231 pending against 74 decided in the quarter

  14. Atlanta, Georgia

    16.4 qtrs

    6,338 pending against 386 decided in the quarter

  15. Memphis, Tennessee

    16.4 qtrs

    1,245 pending against 76 decided in the quarter

Pending divided by the quarter's approvals plus denials: how many quarters the office would need at that pace to clear what it holds. More
Pending divided by the quarter's approvals plus denials: how many quarters the office would need at that pace to clear what it holds. It compares workload. It isn't a wait for any one case. An office that cleared old cases in a burst reads better this quarter than next.
Arithmetic on USCIS's pending, approved and denied columns, FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).
Where employment-based I-485s are approved Service centers against the field offices

  1. National Benefits Center (NBC)

    3,531

    993 denied, 0 pending

  2. California (WSC)

    789

    345 denied, 21,053 pending

  3. Nebraska (NSC)

    337

    51 denied, 4,660 pending

  4. Texas (SSC)

    190

    138 denied, 6,203 pending

  5. Potomac (YSC)

    19

    0 denied, 6 pending

  6. Vermont (ESC)

    1

    1 denied, 228 pending

The service centers and the National Benefits Center approved 4,867 employment-based I-485s in the quarter. More
The service centers and the National Benefits Center approved 4,867 employment-based I-485s in the quarter. Every field office together approved 37,209. Most employment-based cases are decided without an interview. That's why the field-office rows above carry small approval counts beside large piles.
USCIS, i485_performance_data_fy2026_q3_v1.xlsx, approved in the quarter.

FAQs

Which USCIS field office is fastest for an employment-based I-485?
USCIS doesn't publish a wait per office, so any page that gives one is guessing. It publishes each office's pending pile and its quarter's approvals and denials. This page divides the two into quarters of work at that quarter's pace: an office with 5,000 pending that decided 1,000 in the quarter has five quarters of work in front of it. That compares offices. It doesn't predict your interview date.
Why does my field office show so few employment-based approvals?
Most employment-based I-485s are decided without an interview, at the National Benefits Center and the service centers. That's why those rows carry the large approval counts. A field office decides the cases USCIS routed to it for an interview. USCIS's own column heading says employment-based applications are received at a service center first.
What does 'withheld' mean?
USCIS prints a D where a cell holds between one and nine cases, because a count that small could identify a person. This page marks the cell as withheld and never shows it as zero. The state and national totals are USCIS's own printed figures, so a withheld cell never makes a total wrong.
Can I choose my field office?
No. USCIS's Policy Manual says a case that needs an interview goes to the field office with jurisdiction over where the applicant lives. USCIS has also moved I-485s between the National Benefits Center and field offices, and filers report cases worked at an office that isn't their local one. This page shows how busy each office is. It can't help you pick one.
Can I see how long people waited at my office?
USCIS doesn't publish that, so it comes from people who share their own dates. Each office's page lists the timelines shared from it: the days from filing the I-485 to biometrics, the interview and the green card. They're self-reported, checked before they show, and a median appears once five people from an office have shared.
How current is this?
It's the quarter USCIS published most recently, named on every figure. USCIS posts a quarter roughly three months after it ends. This site checks monthly and loads a new quarter the day it appears.

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More questions

Which USCIS field office handles my I-485?

The one USCIS assigns by the applicant's address. Employment-based applications are received at a service center and routed from there, and many are decided at the National Benefits Center without an interview. A field office decides the cases sent to it for one. USCIS publishes each office's counts every quarter, which is what this page shows.

How many I-485 applications are pending at USCIS?

USCIS's quarterly data for Apr to Jun 2026 puts employment-based I-485 applications pending at 268,408 across every office and service center, with 611,067 family-based. Your place inside that pile by priority date is on the I-485 queue position page, from USCIS's monthly inventory.

What is a field office code?

USCIS's three-letter code for the office (NYC for New York, SFR for San Francisco, NBC for the National Benefits Center). It appears on notices and in USCIS's own data, and this page keys every office by it.

Does a busy office mean a longer wait?

Usually, but the file doesn't say by how much. It gives each office's pending pile and its quarter's decisions. Dividing them gives quarters of work at that pace, which this page shows as a comparison between offices. It's never a date for one case.

I-485 by field office through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

I-485 by field office: USCIS quarterly I-485 by field office (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

What this data includes

I-485 by field office: I-485 applications received, approved, denied and pending at each USCIS field office and service center in the quarter, by category. Cells USCIS withholds as too small are left blank, never zero.

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