Filed March 2026
6,922 applications carry a March 2026 filing date. 224 have a decision. 6,698 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. March 2026 is 4 months ahead of that, so DOL hasn’t reached it yet.
49,009 cases filed before March 2026 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
All of them are in analyst review, the ordinary queue that moves in filing order.
- Analyst review 6,698 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
- Out of filing order 0 an information request, an audit, supervised recruitment or a hold takes a case off the ordinary queue
- Under appeal or review 0 cases that went to appeal after an adverse determination
| DOL status | Cases |
|---|---|
| Analyst review 6,698 | |
| Analyst Review | 6,698 |
Already decided
224 of the 6,922 applications filed in March 2026 have a final determination. 223 of those are withdrawals, which an employer files rather than DOL issuing a determination. 1 is a certification or a denial.
- Withdrawn 223
- Denied 1
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