July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Employment Based
I-526 Immigrant Petition By Alien Entrepreneur
For use by an entrepreneur who wishes to immigrate to the United States
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
For use by an entrepreneur who wishes to immigrate to the United States 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 | 580 | 795 | 180 | 13,105 |
| Q3 2019 | 615 | 333 | 246 | 13,070 |
| Q4 2019 | 1,191 | 356 | 190 | 13,763 |
| Q1 2020 | 4,264 | 383 | 72 | 17,468 |
| Q2 2020 | 21 | 714 | 190 | 16,633 |
| Q3 2020 | 40 | 576 | 346 | 15,955 |
| Q4 2020 | 53 | 904 | 236 | 15,063 |
| Q1 2021 | 0 | 1,004 | 119 | 13,746 |
Service-center coverage
1 mapped centers
Official USCIS reports
Recent source documents for I-526
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-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)
Published Mar 21, 2026
Contains data on receipts by receipt Month, Quarter, Investment Type, and Country of Birth for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor.
I-526
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-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 3)
Published Oct 9, 2025
Contains data on receipts by receipt Month, Quarter, Investment Type, and Country of Birth for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor.
I-526
Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor (Fiscal Year 2022 - Fiscal Year 2024)
Published Oct 9, 2025
Contains data for Fiscal Year 2022 through Fiscal Year 2024 on receipts by receipt Month, Quarter, Investment Type, and Country of Birth for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor and Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor.
I-526
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, 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
Form I-140, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2024, Quarter 4)
Published Dec 17, 2024
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, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2024, Quarter 3)
Published Aug 30, 2024
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, I-360, I-526 Approved EB Petitions Awaiting Visa Final Priority Dates (Fiscal Year 2024, Quarter 2)
Published Jun 13, 2024
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
Immigrant Investor Program Office
Published Mar 29, 2022
2 subtype entries
Immigrant Investor Program Office
Published Mar 29, 2022
- China - mainland born - For use by an investor who wishes to immigrate to the United States 71.5-60 months Service request date May 23, 2016
- All other areas - For use by an investor who wishes to immigrate to the United States 58.5-35 months Service request date June 23, 2017
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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