Employment Based · FY2026 Q2
I-956F — Application for Approval of Investment in a Commercial Enterprise
8.1 mo
Median processing time
as USCIS published it
186
Still pending
at the close of the quarter
59
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 91 I-956F filings and decided 59 of them. 186 were still waiting when the quarter closed — about 3.2 quarters of work at the rate the agency was clearing them. The median case took 8.1 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 | 49 | 73 | 155 | 6.4 mo |
| FY2026 Q2 | 91 | 59 | 186 | 8.1 mo |