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I-485s at the Texas Service Center

On June 30, 2026, USCIS's Texas Service Center held 6,203 employment-based I-485s. It approved 190 in the three months before. These are USCIS's own counts.

Every office in one table Timelines people shared from here

The other centers: California Service Center, National Benefits Center, Nebraska Service Center, Potomac Service Center, Vermont Service Center

The quarter at the Texas Service Center

6,203
employment-based I-485s pending here 6% more than FY26 Q2
through Jun 30 2026
190
approved here in the quarter 3067% more than FY26 Q2
through Jun 30 2026
1,162
received here in the quarter 421% more than FY26 Q2
through Jun 30 2026

That pile is 18.9 quarters of work at the quarter's pace of 328 decisions, and the 2nd largest of 6 centers. It compares workload. It isn't a wait for any one case.

The last 4 quarters

Employment-based I-485s at this office, newest quarter first, with the family-based pile beside them for scale. Pending is the count on the quarter's last day.

Employment-based I-485s received, approved, denied and pending at the Texas Service Center, by quarter
Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending Family pending
Apr to Jun 2026 1,162 190 138 6,203 380
Jan to Mar 2026 223 6 26 5,867 374
Oct to Dec 2025 149 16 15 5,977 248
Jul to Sep 2025 198 2 276 6,920 34

Source: USCIS, i485_performance_data_fy2026_q3_v1.xlsx, through June 30, 2026. “Withheld” is a cell USCIS prints as D because it holds one to nine cases.

What these numbers can't tell you

  • How long your own case will take. USCIS publishes a pile and a quarter's decisions per office. It doesn't publish a wait per office.
  • Where your case is. USCIS can move a case between offices while it waits, and this file counts it wherever it sits on the quarter's last day. USCIS says it sends a transfer notice when it moves a case, and an interview or appointment notice names the office to go to.
  • Why a count moved. Cases sent in from another office and cases newly filed both show as received.

For the office's address, hours and the area it serves, use USCIS's own list of field offices.

Timelines people shared from the Texas Service Center

USCIS doesn't publish how long one office takes, so this part comes from people whose I-485 was here. Their dates are self-reported, and each timeline is checked before it shows.

Nobody has shared a timeline from the Texas Service Center yet. Yours would be the first.

Questions about this office

How many employment-based I-485s are pending at the Texas Service Center?
USCIS's file for Apr to Jun 2026 lists 6,203 employment-based I-485s pending at the Texas Service Center on the quarter's last day, with 190 approved and 138 denied during the quarter.
How long does the Texas Service Center take to decide an I-485?
USCIS doesn't publish a wait for one office. Its quarterly file gives each office's pending pile and its quarter's decisions, which this page prints. USCIS's own posted processing times are on the I-485 processing times page.
Can my I-485 be decided at an office other than my local one?
Yes. USCIS can move a case from one office to another while it waits, and its file counts a case wherever it sits on the quarter's last day. USCIS says it sends a transfer notice when it moves a case, and an interview or appointment notice names the office to go to.
How long did people at the Texas Service Center wait for their I-485?
USCIS doesn't publish a wait for one office. People whose I-485 was at the Texas Service Center can share their own dates on this page, and it shows a median once five have.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the I-485 file USCIS publishes each quarter on its Immigration and Citizenship Data page, which lists every field office and service center. This site copies it as published and names the quarter beside every figure.

Read next

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.

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Waiting on a PERM case?

  • When it'll likely be decided
  • An email when DOL moves it

It's on your ETA-9089 receipt. A case number looks like G-100-26125-868956.

Don't have the number?