Form I-526

Immigrant Petition By Alien Entrepreneur

Processing Statistics

For use by an entrepreneur who wishes to immigrate to the United States

Basic Visa Info

Visa Official Name: Immigrant Petition By Alien Entrepreneur
Visa Filing Types:

For use by an entrepreneur who wishes to immigrate to the United States

Check Visa Status

Service Request Date and Estimated Time

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

Determine your service center using the first 3 characters of your receipt number. If your receipt date is before the "Service Request Date" listed for your service center and form type, you can submit a service request due to “outside normal processing time” here.
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Historical Average Processing Times

2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
- days	11.6 mo	13.9 mo	15.9 mo	18.8 mo	22.2 mo	19.8 mo	14.2 mo	- days

Form I-526 USCIS Approval Rate and Backlog

Historic Approval Rate

Petitions by Entrepreneurs [Accepted / Denied]

Historic approval and denial rate for Petitions by Entrepreneurs (Form I-526)

Submission Rate and Backlog

Petitions by Entrepreneurs [Pending Backlog / New Submission]

Historic backlog of yet to be processed cases and new submissions for Petitions by Entrepreneurs (Form I-526)

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