Form I-129

Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

Processing Statistics

Non-Immigrant Petition

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
Visa Filing Types:

Non-Immigrant Petition (Premium filed)
Non-Immigrant Petition (non Premium filed)

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Service Request Date and Estimated Time

Service Center Form Type	Estimated Processing Time Service Request Date	Type Info

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Historical Average Processing Times

Subtype	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Non-Immigrant Petition (Premium filed)	- days	- days	18 days	18 days	18 days	18 days	18 days	33 days	- days
Non-Immigrant Petition (non Premium filed)	- days	- days	18 days	5.5 mo	4 mo	3.5 mo	3.7 mo	3.3 mo	- days

Form I-129 USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions (Form I-129)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions (Form I-129)

Fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30 of the reporting period. Data sources include USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Performance Reporting Tool (PRT), USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and C3 Consolidated