Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-765 (Adjustment Of Status) — Application for Employment Authorization
4.3 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
584,851
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
49,267
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
22.6%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 144,512 I-765 (Adjustment Of Status) filings and decided 49,267 of them. 584,851 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 11.9 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 4.3 months.
22.6% 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 | 173,073 | 110,179 | 373,007 | 2.3 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 144,512 | 49,267 | 584,851 | 4.3 mo |
Other I-765 categories
USCIS reports I-765 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.