Analysis

The fastest USCIS forms, and what they have in common

A handful of forms clear in weeks. They are the ones with the least to decide.

Not everything at USCIS takes years. These are the fifteen quickest forms it decided in volume in FY2026 Q2, starting at 0 months.

A median means half of the cases finished in that quarter took longer. It describes cases USCIS completed, not cases filed today — a form with a long queue is deciding filings that are already years old.

The fifteen fastest forms

Form Category Median Pending
I-956K Employment Based 0 months 599
I-589 Humanitarian 0 months 1,414,955
I-870 Humanitarian 0 months 0
I-899 Humanitarian 0 months 0
N-336 (Under Sect. 336 of the INA) Citizenship and Nationality 0 months 3,548
N-648 Citizenship and Nationality 0 months 1,548
I-131 (Initial Parole Document for Aliens) Other 0 months 32,573
I-765 (Asylum) Employment Based 0.6 months 107,579
I-800 Family Based 3 months 357
I-140 Employment Based 3.4 months 184,209
I-539 Other 3.4 months 109,156
N-400 (Military) Citizenship and Nationality 3.7 months 12,109
I-765 (DACA) Employment Based 3.9 months 226,375
I-821D Humanitarian 3.9 months 223,522
I-290B Other 3.9 months 26,407

USCIS service-wide figures, FY2026 Q2

Source — USCIS quarterly data release, FY2026 Q2. Public domain.

Every figure above is read from the USCIS quarterly data release and rebuilt each time a new one is imported — this piece was last rebuilt 35 minutes ago. Nothing here is legal advice, and ImmigrationAll is not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency.