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I-526 processing time
Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor
An investor files it for an EB-5 green card, standalone or through a regional center (the I-526E).
USCIS decided half its standalone investor I-526s within 32.3 months in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), its median.
Median, FY26 Q3
32.3 months
8.6 months slower than FY26 Q2Standalone investor
Waiting at the quarter's end
1,818
Level with FY26 Q2Every I-526 line, FY26 Q3
Received in the quarter
66
10% fewer than FY26 Q2FY26 Q3
Approved, of those decided
19%
8 points below FY26 Q222 approved, 91 denied
Median months, quarter by quarter
Half of each quarter's decided I-526s took less time than this. FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) to FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).
Standalone investor
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-526, Standalone investor: median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) No record FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) No record FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) No record FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 10.1 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 12 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 25 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 11.2 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 22.3 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 23.7 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 32.3 Filed before the 2022 EB-5 law
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-526, Filed before the 2022 EB-5 law: median months to a decision, each quarter Period months FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 51.8 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 52.5 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 57.5 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 70.9 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 71.7 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 77.4 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 78.5 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 93.2 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 94.1 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 99.2
A dashed frame is a quarter whose workbook no one kept: USCIS keeps only its last four quarters, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of FY24 Q2.
What USCIS took in, decided and had waiting
Every I-526 line together, each quarter.
Received
98
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-526: received, each quarter Period received FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 32 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 35 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 43 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 63 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 94 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 96 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 91 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 98 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 73 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 66 Decided
1,729
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-526: decided, each quarter Period decided FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 1,082 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 1,729 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 1,319 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) No record FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) No record FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 701 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 219 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 80 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 95 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 113 Waiting at the quarter's end
8,753
FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3- No record for this period
I-526: waiting at the quarter's end, each quarter Period waiting FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 8,753 FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 5,324 FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 4,121 FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 3,048 FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 2,370 FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 1,822 FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 1,769 FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 1,807 FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 1,806 FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 1,818
Where to go next
Why USCIS's own case page shows a different time
This is USCIS's median: half of the cases it finished in a quarter took less time than this. Its processing-times page prints a different figure, the time within which it finished 80% of recent cases, so it reads longer. Both are USCIS's, and the hub sets them side by side for the I-140.
USCIS quarterly form data through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
USCIS quarterly form data: USCIS quarterly all-forms performance data (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
USCIS quarterly form data: Every USCIS form's receipts, approvals, denials, pending count and MEDIAN months to a decision, per quarter, as USCIS publishes them. The median isn't the 80th-percentile figure on USCIS's processing-times page.
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