Humanitarian · FY2026 Q2
I-589 — Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
0 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
1,414,955
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
281
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
76.5%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 29,261 I-589 filings and decided 281 of them. 1,414,955 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 32.6 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 0 months.
76.5% 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 | 43,480 | 18,146 | 1,435,560 | 0.0 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 29,261 | 281 | 1,414,955 | 0.0 mo |