Filed April 2026
6,929 applications carry an April 2026 filing date. 209 have a decision. 6,720 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. April 2026 is 5 months ahead of that, so DOL hasn’t reached it yet.
55,707 cases filed before April 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
6,716 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 6,716 the ordinary queue, worked in filing order
- Out of filing order 4 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 6,716 | |
| Analyst Review | 6,716 |
| Out of filing order 4 | |
| Determination Issued | 2 |
| Pending Audit Response | 1 |
| Supervised Recruitment | 1 |
Already decided
209 of the 6,929 applications filed in April 2026 have a final determination. 206 of those are withdrawals, which an employer files rather than DOL issuing a determination. 3 are certifications or denials.
- Withdrawn 206
- Denied 3
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