Lawful Permanent Residence · FY2026 Q2

I-485 (Cuban) — Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

19.5 mo

Median processing time

as USCIS published it

341,232

Still pending

at the close of the quarter

95

Decided this quarter

approvals and denials

47.4%

Denied, of decisions

not a grade — see below

What these numbers say

In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 15,312 I-485 (Cuban) filings and decided 95 of them. 341,232 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 3,591.9 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 19.5 months.

47.4% 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 44,247 9,153 309,922 9.1 mo
FY2026 Q2 15,312 95 341,232 19.5 mo

Other I-485 categories

USCIS reports I-485 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.