Filed November 2025
15,034 applications carry a November 2025 filing date. 1,861 have a decision. 13,173 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. This is that month.
5,122 cases filed before November 2025 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
13,111 of them are in analyst review, the ordinary queue that moves in filing order. The rest are in queues that take a case out of that order, so their wait doesn’t follow the month.
- Analyst review 13,111 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
- Out of filing order 61 an information request, an audit, supervised recruitment or a hold takes a case off the ordinary queue
- Under appeal or review 1 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
| DOL status | Cases |
|---|---|
| Analyst review 13,111 | |
| Analyst Review | 13,111 |
| Out of filing order 61 | |
| RFI Issued | 55 |
| Application On Hold | 6 |
| Under appeal or review 1 | |
| Reconsideration Appeals | 1 |
Already decided
1,861 of the 15,034 applications filed in November 2025 have a final determination.
- Certified 1,263
- Withdrawn 582
- Denied 16
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