Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-765 (All Other) — Application for Employment Authorization
4.5 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
998,662
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
125,516
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
11.5%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 205,995 I-765 (All Other) filings and decided 125,516 of them. 998,662 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 8.0 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 4.5 months.
11.5% 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 | 163,141 | 177,483 | 968,972 | 3.3 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 205,995 | 125,516 | 998,662 | 4.5 mo |
Other I-765 categories
USCIS reports I-765 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.