Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-526 (Legacy) — Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor
94.1 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
1,030
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
72
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
79.2%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 0 I-526 (Legacy) filings and decided 72 of them. 1,030 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 14.3 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 94.1 months.
79.2% 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 | 0 | 193 | 1,105 | 78.5 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 0 | 72 | 1,030 | 94.1 mo |
Other I-526 categories
USCIS reports I-526 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.