Lawful Permanent Residence · FY2026 Q2
I-485 (Asylum) — Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
22 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
113,567
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
1,662
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
11.9%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 12,195 I-485 (Asylum) filings and decided 1,662 of them. 113,567 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 68.3 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 22 months.
11.9% of the decisions made were denials. That figure is shown because it is published, not because it is a verdict: USCIS releases no measure that separates an office applying the law strictly from one receiving weaker filings, so nothing on this site grades on it.
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Received | Decided | Pending | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Q4 | 16,610 | 5,381 | 94,482 | 11.9 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 12,195 | 1,662 | 113,567 | 22.0 mo |
Other I-485 categories
USCIS reports I-485 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.