Methodology

Source verification and hard-refresh workflow.

The legacy PHP site mixed direct API calls, cached JSON, and local TSV exports. This rebuild makes each source explicit, records what is stale, and uses the USCIS RSS feed as the canonical index for official report updates.

Dataset generated Apr 6, 2026

Current local snapshot

Latest workbook July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Verified from the USCIS RSS feed and data library

RSS reports indexed 250

Last feed update Mar 25, 2026

Verified sources

What is currently trusted

Known constraint

Current processing-time endpoints are blocked for normal server fetches

Direct server-side requests to the USCIS processing-times API return a Cloudflare block. The site therefore treats the USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed plus linked quarterly workbooks as the primary up-to-date official source, and only uses cached March 29, 2022 API payloads as legacy context.

The local snapshot still includes cached March 29, 2022 processing-time payloads where they exist, but they are secondary context. The main up-to-date layer comes from the USCIS data reports linked in the RSS feed.

The two downloaded Historic Processing Times HTML files were audited, but they are Vue table templates without row payloads. They confirm the public table layout, but they are not a direct ingest source.

Manual updates

Hard refresh flow

Select annual medians are also overlaid from the USCIS historical factsheet. That source covers 16 classifications across 8 forms, and its FY2024 values are partial-year through January 31, 2024.

  1. Run npm run build:data locally before deploy.
  2. The builder downloads the official USCIS Immigration and Citizenship Data RSS feed.
  3. It reads the newest quarterly all-forms and waivers workbook links from that feed.
  4. It overlays the checked-in USCIS historical factsheet extract for select annual trendlines.
  5. It merges those official releases with the pulled legacy TSV history and office mappings.
  6. Deploy the rebuilt Astro app after the local snapshot is refreshed.
Recent feed items

Official USCIS releases currently indexed

Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Pending Applications for Employment-Based Preference Categories as of January 2, 2026

Inventory report intended to provide information about the number of pending Forms I-485 in the employment-based preference categories. The report provides our estimate of how many Forms I-485 we have in our inventory for each employment-based preference category, by selected country of chargeability, and by the month and year of the estimated priority date.

I-485
Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Pending Applications for Employment-Based Preference Categories as of December 3, 2025

Inventory report intended to provide information about the number of pending Forms I-485 in the employment-based preference categories. The report provides our estimate of how many Forms I-485 we have in our inventory for each employment-based preference category, by selected country of chargeability, and by the month and year of the estimated priority date.

I-485
Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization Counts of Pending Applications by Days Pending and by filing type for All Eligibility Categories and (c)(8) Pending Asylum Category (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)

This report contains number of pending I-765 petitions by number of days pending, for all EAD categories, as well as for the (c)(8) category for pending asylum applicants. This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 became Public Law No: 117-328.

I-765
Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Form I-360, Petition for Special Immigrant with a Classification of Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Pending, Completions, Processing Time, Requests for Evidence, and Notice of Intent to Deny by Fiscal Year and Quarter (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)

Contains quarterly pending, approvals, denials, processing time, requests for evidence, and notice of intent to deny data on petitions for Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ). This report is produced in response to direction set forth in the H.R. 2882 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 became Public Law No: 118-47.

I-360
Official USCIS release Mar 25, 2026

Active DACA Recipients – (Fiscal Year 2025, Quarter 4)

Contains the number of people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) by the month and year that their current DACA status expires. The report also contains the number of active DACA recipients by country of birth, state and CBSA (city) of residence, current age, sex, and marital status.