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I-526E Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor

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

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Quarterly and historical sources

Sources checked Nov 2, 2026.

Latest official release Sep 9, 2026.

2026 Q3

Latest quarterly statistics

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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Quarter pending 11,192

April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

Quarter approvals 687

All listed classifications

Quarter receipts 1,599

All listed classifications

Quarter denials 217

All listed classifications

ClassificationReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingProcessing
Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor1,59968721711,19213.6 months
Published quarterly history

Quarterly count graphs

Published quarterly counts: I-526E: all published classifications. Q4 2025–Q3 2026.

Approved and denied counts

I-526E: 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-526E: 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-526E · I-526E: all published classifications · official quarterly reports
QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedPending
Q4 20251,4781,349819,005
Q1 20261,6677641769,734
Q2 20261,69978119910,453
Q3 20261,59968721711,192

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.

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

FY2026 median: 11.5 months.

FY2021
Not published
FY2022
Not published
FY2023
Not published
FY2024
Not published
FY2025
Not published
FY2026
11.5 months
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