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Employment Based

I-129 Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker

Non-Immigrant Petition (Premium filed)

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Quarterly and historical sources

Sources checked Nov 2, 2026.

Latest official release Dec 17, 2024.

2026 Q3

Latest quarterly statistics

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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Quarter pending 192,712

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

Quarter approvals 143,748

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 220,566

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 39,560

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker220,566143,74839,560192,7129.5 months
Published quarterly history

Quarterly count graphs

Published quarterly counts: I-129: all published classifications. Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

Approved and denied counts

I-129: approved and denied case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026
Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

Pending inventory and new receipts

I-129: pending inventory and received case counts for Q4 2025–Q3 2026
Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.
I-129 · I-129: all published classifications · official quarterly reports
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q4 2025140,984140,49629,128150,876
Q1 202696,769113,60721,520129,909
Q2 2026130,202134,21815,512120,477
Q3 2026220,566143,74839,560192,712

Published counts are reproduced by reporting period. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, never zero.Graph source and mapping audit.

Separate approval-share percentage chart — approvals divided by approvals plus denials; excludes other completions and does not predict an individual outcome.

Historical medians

National median processing time by fiscal year

FY2026 values are partial-year through August 30, 2026. These medians use a different methodology from the monthly averages above. USCIS has not published values for every classification.

Source: USCIS historical national medians, verified Nov 2, 2026.

Nonimmigrant Petition (Premium filed)

FY2026 median: 0.6 months.

FY2021
0.3 months
FY2022
0.3 months
FY2023
0.2 months
FY2024
0.3 months
FY2025
0.4 months
FY2026
0.6 months

Nonimmigrant Petition (non Premium filed)

FY2026 median: 5.1 months.

FY2021
1.8 months
FY2022
2.3 months
FY2023
2.5 months
FY2024
2.2 months
FY2025
3.5 months
FY2026
5.1 months
Preserved statistical export

Historical counts by classification

These historical observations end in FY2020 or FY2021, depending on the classification. They are separate from the current workbooks above; missing values are not zero.

I-129 · Nonimmigrant Worker PetitionsView historical counts

Historical-only series: Historical classification 0: Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions. Q1 2013–Q1 2021.

Current published scope is I-129: all published classifications. Historical and current periods are shown separately, without interpolation.

Approved and denied counts

I-129 · Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions: approved and denied case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only)
Case counts, with other dispositions excluded. This chart is not an approval percentage or prediction.

Pending inventory and new receipts

I-129 · Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions: pending inventory and received case counts for Q1 2013–Q1 2021 (historical only)
Pending is quarter-end inventory; received counts activity during the quarter. Bar labels are rounded; the table gives exact values.
I-129 · Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions · Historical classification 0: Nonimmigrant Worker Petitions · historical export
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q1 201362,644103,49116,03948,941
Q2 201368,15482,40713,32730,826
Q3 2013187,131107,94412,568105,459
Q4 201386,591102,74313,12084,562
Q1 201468,61191,13420,78356,537
Q2 201472,16588,01621,82036,064
Q3 2014192,114126,26221,25297,896
Q4 2014100,097129,62724,81060,689
Q1 201580,42998,49124,20039,886
Q2 201574,81374,44418,08937,889
Q3 2015205,982113,92520,865129,873
Q4 2015122,419116,07023,411132,572
Q1 201692,22792,98520,469126,900
Q2 201699,778112,58726,368109,069
Q3 2016202,976146,44224,351168,729
Q4 2016114,655128,14725,603153,103
Q1 201791,317119,14325,433119,514
Q2 2017111,249136,82525,81279,516
Q3 2017222,682140,18225,559149,432
Q4 2017101,187101,90525,596148,173
Q1 201890,753106,86932,829112,588
Q2 2018102,705104,60038,02389,467
Q3 2018238,739121,54126,160191,578
Q4 2018118,824118,37728,763174,984
Q1 201987,971103,44040,189130,382
Q2 2019101,228111,64831,438101,882
Q3 2019241,149147,15026,216180,469
Q4 2019120,853145,46030,400129,129
Q1 2020106,417120,66941,295103,891
Q2 2020113,978122,95641,81192,377
Q3 2020166,572121,72521,187127,747
Q4 2020164,940171,35120,815107,150
Q1 202188,378114,12217,52477,910

Preserved historical export; charts show the last eight available quarters, while the table retains all observations. Missing and suppressed cells remain unavailable. No line is drawn across the gap to current reports.Graph source and mapping audit.

Archived office coverage

4 mapped centers

NSC · Nebraska Service CenterESC · Vermont Service CenterCSC · California Service CenterSSC · Texas Service Center
Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-129

Legacy cached estimates

March 2022 office snapshots

These values are retained only for historical context and are not current processing estimates.

California Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

13 entries
  • Blanket L4 months to 5 weeksService request date January 04, 2022
  • E - Treaty traders and investors7-5 monthsService request date October 05, 2021
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Visa to be issued abroad9.5-7.5 monthsService request date July 22, 2021
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Change of status in the U.S.9.5-7.5 monthsService request date July 22, 2021
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Extension of stay in the U.S.9.5-7.5 monthsService request date July 22, 2021
  • H-2A - Temporary workers2.5 months to 2 weeksService request date April 19, 2022
  • H-2B - Other temporary workers3 months to 5 weeksService request date February 03, 2022
  • H-3 - Temporary trainees4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • L - Intracompany transfers3 months to 5 weeksService request date February 03, 2022
  • O - Extraordinary ability4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • P - Athletes, artists, and entertainers4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • Q - Cultural exchange visitors and exchange visitors participating in the Irish Peace process4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • R - Religious occupation10-7.5 monthsService request date July 12, 2021

Nebraska Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

1 entries
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Extension of stay in the U.S.4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022

Texas Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

4 entries
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Visa to be issued abroad4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Change of status in the U.S.4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Extension of stay in the U.S.4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • L - Intracompany transfers7-5 monthsService request date October 14, 2021

Vermont Service Center

Published Mar 29, 2022

13 entries
  • Blanket L4 months to 1 monthService request date January 04, 2022
  • E3 - Certain specialty occupation professionals from Australia4.5-2.5 monthsService request date December 31, 2021
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Visa to be issued abroad4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Change of status in the U.S.4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • H-1B - Specialty occupation - Extension of stay in the U.S.6.5-4.5 monthsService request date October 22, 2021
  • H-2B - Other temporary workers3 months to 5 weeksService request date February 03, 2022
  • H-3 - Temporary trainees4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • L - Intracompany transfers3 months to 1 monthService request date February 03, 2022
  • O - Extraordinary ability3 months to 5 weeksService request date February 04, 2022
  • P - Athletes, artists, and entertainers3 months to 5 weeksService request date February 04, 2022
  • Q - Cultural exchange visitors and exchange visitors participating in the Irish Peace process4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
  • R - Religious occupation7-2 monthsService request date October 06, 2021
  • TN - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional4-2 monthsService request date January 04, 2022
Data notes

How to read this page

  • Current processing-time estimates in the local snapshot come from cached USCIS API responses published on March 29, 2022. They are included only as legacy context; the primary up-to-date source is the USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed and linked quarterly workbooks.
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