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I-589 Asylum Application

Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

USCIS form page Check official case estimates
Quarterly and historical sources

Sources checked Nov 2, 2026.

Latest official release Jan 28, 2025.

2026 Q3

Latest quarterly statistics

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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Quarter pending 1,392,782

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

Quarter approvals 1,620

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 20,159

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 18,779

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal20,1591,62018,7791,392,7820 months
Published quarterly history

Quarterly count graphs

Published quarterly counts: I-589: all published classifications. Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

USCIS states that I-589 denied counts include ineligible affirmative cases referred to an immigration judge; earlier reports did not include referrals. Other dispositions can be included in completions without being approvals or denials.

Approved and denied counts

I-589: 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-589: 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-589 · I-589: all published classifications · official quarterly reports
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q4 202543,4805,99612,1501,435,560
Q1 202653,6332,6669,6701,418,576
Q2 202629,261662151,414,955
Q3 202620,1591,62018,7791,392,782

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.

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-589 · Asylum ApplicationView historical counts

Historical-only series: Historical classification 0: Asylum Application. Q1 2013–Q1 2021.

Current published scope is I-589: all published classifications. Historical and current periods are shown separately, without interpolation.

USCIS states that I-589 denied counts include ineligible affirmative cases referred to an immigration judge; earlier reports did not include referrals. Other dispositions can be included in completions without being approvals or denials.

Approved and denied counts

I-589 · Asylum Application: 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-589 · Asylum Application: 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-589 · Asylum Application · Historical classification 0: Asylum Application · historical export
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q1 201310,7472,92526418,966
Q2 201310,5193,52228421,663
Q3 201311,7623,01919164,359
Q4 201311,4252,49615292,122
Q1 201411,6682,41810026,942
Q2 201412,4612,67313829,494
Q3 201415,6403,61617351,855
Q4 201417,1432,10417161,479
Q1 201518,6973,11617373,103
Q2 201519,1474,1669482,156
Q3 201522,5373,6134294,715
Q4 201523,8553,44956108,725
Q1 201626,0682,51340128,307
Q2 201626,3122,15126147,552
Q3 201631,0252,52430170,354
Q4 201632,4832,35035194,986
Q1 201735,5252,88624233,433
Q2 201740,6192,79822254,128
Q3 201735,0283,91134274,986
Q4 201731,5883,51036289,835
Q1 201832,4203,23147307,635
Q2 201828,5044,25788318,624
Q3 201822,3964,918281319,563
Q4 201822,7215,131310319,202
Q1 201923,5384,211225325,514
Q2 201922,9205,431136327,984
Q3 201925,8455,841170330,612
Q4 201924,5584,46299339,836
Q1 202020,1493,2789,280353,562
Q2 202023,1923,32711,695358,419
Q3 202025,9051,5463,309373,957
Q4 202023,8882,3104,532386,014
Q1 202114,2061,4004,190394,101

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.

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Official USCIS reports

Recent source documents for I-589

Official USCIS release Jan 28, 2025

Asylum Division Monthly Statistics Report. Fiscal Year 2025. December 2024

Contains information on Applications for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal for petitioners who use Form I-589 and on Screening Referrals for Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear. It displays the number of applications and screening referrals received, completed, pending, interview or screening outcomes, and completion outcomes by month during the Reporting Fiscal Year. This report contains the most up to date data; prior reports are located on the USCIS archive page.

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