Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-765 (DACA) — Application for Employment Authorization
3.9 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
226,375
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
18,713
Decided this quarter
approvals and denials
2.3%
Denied, of decisions
not a grade — see below
What these numbers say
In FY2026 Q2 USCIS received 86,462 I-765 (DACA) filings and decided 18,713 of them. 226,375 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 12.1 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 3.9 months.
2.3% 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 | 64,538 | 65,361 | 129,154 | 0.4 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 86,462 | 18,713 | 226,375 | 3.9 mo |
Other I-765 categories
USCIS reports I-765 as separate categories, and they do not run at the same speed.