July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Employment Based
I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Immigrant Petition (Premium filed)
10 official USCIS report
s
Latest official report date: Mar 25, 2026
Latest quarter workbook: July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025.
Latest published workbook
Latest published workbook
Workbook processing months
Trendline
Annual and quarterly movement
Annual processing months
Immigrant Petition (Premium filed) across the USCIS annual median processing-time series, preferring the official FY2016-FY2024 historical factsheet where USCIS publishes it and falling back to the pulled legacy export elsewhere.
Last eight quarters pending
Pending inventory from the quarterly all-forms report.
Latest quarters
| Quarter | Received | Approved | Denied | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2019 | 28,618 | 35,459 | 3,458 | 39,080 |
| Q3 2019 | 34,684 | 33,953 | 2,798 | 34,822 |
| Q4 2019 | 40,456 | 36,946 | 3,140 | 42,188 |
| Q1 2020 | 33,077 | 30,578 | 2,683 | 45,078 |
| Q2 2020 | 25,833 | 29,977 | 3,064 | 40,428 |
| Q3 2020 | 29,469 | 23,323 | 1,798 | 47,334 |
| Q4 2020 | 39,799 | 34,094 | 2,084 | 51,012 |
| Q1 2021 | 26,032 | 25,166 | 2,667 | 47,096 |
Service-center coverage
2 mapped centers
Official USCIS reports
Recent source documents for I-140
Form I-140, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)
Published Mar 25, 2026
Contains information on USCIS approved employment based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Forms I-140, I-360, and I-526 are included by preference category and country.
I-140I-360I-526
Form I-140, Receipts and Current Status by Preference and Country (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)
Published Mar 24, 2026
Contains information on USCIS I-140 receipts and the current status by employment preference and country.
I-140
Form I-140 by Fiscal Year, Quarter and Case Status (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)
Published Mar 24, 2026
Contains quarterly data on Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers. It displays the number of receipts and approvals by state, country of birth and Employment-Based Preference.
I-140
Form I-140, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)
Published Oct 9, 2025
Contains information on USCIS approved employment based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Forms I-140, I-360, and I-526 are included by preference category and country.
I-140I-360I-526
Form I-140, Receipts and Current Status by Preference and Country (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)
Published Oct 8, 2025
Contains information on USCIS I-140 receipts and the current status by employment preference and country.
I-140
Form I-140 by Fiscal Year, Quarter and Case Status (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)
Published Oct 8, 2025
Contains quarterly data on Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers. It displays the number of receipts and approvals by state, country of birth and Employment-Based Preference.
I-140
Form I-140, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 2)
Published Jul 1, 2025
Contains information on USCIS approved employment based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Forms I-140, I-360, and I-526 are included by preference category and country.
I-140I-360I-526
Form I-140, Receipts and Current Status by Preference and Country (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 2)
Published Jun 30, 2025
Contains information on USCIS I-140 receipts and the current status by employment preference and country.
I-140
Form I-140 by Fiscal Year, Quarter and Case Status (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 2)
Published Jun 30, 2025
Contains quarterly data on Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers. It displays the number of receipts and approvals by state, country of birth and Employment-Based Preference.
I-140
Form I-140, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 1)
Published May 1, 2025
Contains information on USCIS approved employment based petitions awaiting visa final priority dates. Forms I-140, I-360, and I-526 are included by preference category and country.
I-140I-360I-526
Legacy cached estimates
Older office-specific processing snapshots
Nebraska Service Center
Published Mar 29, 2022
8 subtype entries
Nebraska Service Center
Published Mar 29, 2022
- Extraordinary ability (E11) 22-15.5 months Service request date July 17, 2020
- Outstanding professor or researcher (E12) 15-9.5 months Service request date February 04, 2021
- Multinational executive or manager (E13) 14.5-11 months Service request date February 27, 2021
- Advanced degree or exceptional ability (E21) 13-11 months Service request date April 13, 2021
- Skilled worker or professional (E31; E32) 15-12.5 months Service request date February 16, 2021
- Unskilled worker (EW3) 18-11.5 months Service request date November 12, 2020
- Advanced degree or exceptional ability requesting a National Interest Waiver (NIW) 18.5-12.5 months Service request date October 29, 2020
- Schedule A Nurses 13.5-11 months Service request date March 28, 2021
Texas Service Center
Published Mar 29, 2022
8 subtype entries
Texas Service Center
Published Mar 29, 2022
- Extraordinary ability (E11) 27.5-15 months Service request date January 22, 2020
- Outstanding professor or researcher (E12) 16.5-6 months Service request date December 23, 2020
- Multinational executive or manager (E13) 48.5-12 months Service request date April 20, 2018
- Advanced degree or exceptional ability (E21) 14.5-9.5 months Service request date March 01, 2021
- Skilled worker or professional (E31; E32) 15-7.5 months Service request date February 16, 2021
- Unskilled worker (EW3) 62.5-11.5 months Service request date February 21, 2017
- Advanced degree or exceptional ability requesting a National Interest Waiver (NIW) 26.5-11.5 months Service request date February 28, 2020
- Schedule A Nurses 18.5-5.5 months Service request date October 24, 2020
Data notes
What to know before using 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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