Filed May 2024
12,791 applications carry a May 2024 filing date. 12,750 have a decision. 41 were still waiting when the scan last checked.
Anything undecided here is read from DOL’s own case-status search, in batches, every 12 hours. That page is also the authority for any single case. Because it is a sweep rather than a live reading, a case decided between sweeps still counts as waiting here, so these backlog figures run a little high rather than a little low.
Where this month sits
DOL publishes November 2025 as the filing month its analyst review is working as of August 28, 2026, so it has worked past May 2024. Anything still open here is behind the main queue rather than waiting for its turn.
25 cases filed before May 2024 were undecided at their last check, so that’s what sits in front of this month, counting only cases DOL still has to decide. Some will have been decided since, so it runs a little high. It isn’t divided into a wait: the timeline calculator gives the envelope, from the spread of cases DOL has actually decided.
Still pending
None of them are in analyst review, the ordinary queue that moves in filing order. Every one is in a queue that takes a case out of that order, so their wait doesn’t follow the month.
- Analyst review 0 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
- Out of filing order 2 an information request, an audit, supervised recruitment or a hold takes a case off the ordinary queue
- Under appeal or review 39 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
| DOL status | Cases |
|---|---|
| Out of filing order 2 | |
| Determination Issued | 1 |
| RFI Issued | 1 |
| Under appeal or review 39 | |
| Reconsideration Appeals | 24 |
| BALCA Appeals | 15 |
Already decided
12,750 of the 12,791 applications filed in May 2024 have a final determination.
- Certified - Expired 11,642
- Withdrawn 715
- Denied 365
- Certified 28
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Sep 1, 2026 · daily
Processing times: DOL FLAG (flag.dol.gov/processingtimes) · data through Aug 28, 2026 · daily