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Your place in the green card line

This counts everyone ahead of your priority date in EB-2, EB-3 or EB-3 Other Workers, from what USCIS and the State Department publish. It also shows what that means in years at the pace the line got green cards last year.

Consulate interviews are paused at most posts. State postponed immigrant visa interviews worldwide from about August 25, 2026 for new public charge training and has named no end date, so a current date abroad isn't an interview yet. An I-485 filed inside the US isn't part of this pause. Where each consulate stands (checked November 3, 2026)

Who's ahead of you?

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People ahead of you

Pick a priority date and this fills in: how many people stand ahead of you in this line, where they sit, and how long the wait runs at the pace the line last moved.

FAQs

How is this different from the I-485 queue position?
The I-485 queue position counts only people who have already filed to adjust status in the US, which USCIS publishes by priority date. This counts the whole line: those people, plus everyone with an approved I-140 who can't file yet, plus petitions still waiting for approval. For most priority dates the part that can't file yet is by far the largest.
Why is the answer a range?
USCIS counts approved petitions waiting for a visa number but doesn't say which priority dates they hold, so they're spread by when USCIS approved I-140s, moved back by the time the PERM took. That time is measured for petitions filed since October 2023 and assumed for older ones, and a family's size varies by year. The range carries all of it, and it never goes below USCIS's own count.
Does it count my spouse and children?
Yes. USCIS's count of approved petitions is primary applicants only, so each one is multiplied by the number of people DHS measured getting green cards per principal in this category in fiscal 2023 and 2024: about 2.0 for EB-2 and EB-3, and 2.3 to 2.5 for EB-3 Other Workers. The yearly green card figure beside it counts families too, so the two are in the same units.
Where do the years come from?
It's the people ahead divided by the green cards the line got in fiscal 2024, from Table V of the State Department's Report of the Visa Office (the newest year published). That's the pace of one past year. It isn't a forecast. Unused family numbers spill into employment categories after the fact. The bulletin doesn't move at a steady rate. The count also runs high where people give up or hold two petitions. So read it as how long the wait would be at last year's pace, and never as a date.
Why doesn't it subtract people who give up?
Because nobody publishes how many do. Some leave, some switch categories, and some get a green card through marriage or another employer. USCIS also says one person can hold more than one approved petition. All of that makes the count run high. Other calculators assume a rate. This one says the count is high and shows where USCIS's own figures let you check it.
Why does my line say the estimate is rough?
Where filing is open past the final action date, USCIS has counted everyone who filed, so the estimate can be checked against an actual count. EB-2 mostly adjusts inside the US. For it, a gap of more than double means the spread doesn't fit this line well. The page then shows what the estimate would be if it's off by the same amount everywhere.

Petitions awaiting a visa through Jun 30, 2026 · I-140 by class and country through Jun 30, 2026 · I-485 pending inventory through Oct 5, 2026 · Annual visa limits through Oct 1, 2025 · Visa bulletin through Nov 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

Petitions awaiting a visa: USCIS approved employment-based petitions awaiting a visa (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

I-140 by class and country: USCIS I-140 receipts by class and country of birth (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

I-485 pending inventory: USCIS employment-based I-485 inventory (uscis.gov) · data through Oct 5, 2026 · monthly

Annual visa limits: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics.html · data through Oct 1, 2025 · yearly

Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (the bulletin's tables, read in a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Nov 2026 · monthly

What each source includes

Petitions awaiting a visa: Approved I-140, I-360 and I-526 petitions whose beneficiary is still waiting for a visa number. They're counted by preference and country of birth, as of the month USCIS states. Primary beneficiaries only, with dependents excluded.

I-140 by class and country: I-140 petitions by the fiscal year USCIS received them and their current status, all countries and the top five, with approvals by class. Counted by filing year, so a recent year is mostly still pending.

I-485 pending inventory: USCIS's count of pending I-485s by priority date and country. Employment-based only: USCIS doesn't publish a family-based equivalent.

Annual visa limits: The State Department's annual numerical limits and the prior year's usage.

Visa bulletin: Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.

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The rules behind these numbers

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?