Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-526E — Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor
11.7 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
10,453
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
980
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
20.3%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 1,699 I-526E filings and decided 980 of them. 10,453 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 10.7 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 11.7 months.
20.3% 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 | 1,478 | 1,430 | 9,005 | 6.5 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 1,699 | 980 | 10,453 | 11.7 mo |