FY2026 Q2

The USCIS backlog, form by form

12,129,905 cases were pending across all forms when the quarter closed. This is where they sit.

I-130 (All Other Relative) Petition for Alien Relative 1,597,832 13.2%
I-589 Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal 1,414,955 11.7%
I-765 (All Other) Application for Employment Authorization 998,662 8.2%
I-130 (Immediate Relative) Petition for Alien Relative 761,638 6.3%
N-400 (Naturalization) Application for Naturalization 648,583 5.3%
I-765 (Adjustment Of Status) Application for Employment Authorization 584,851 4.8%
I-485 (Family) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 579,684 4.8%
I-821 Application for Temporary Protected Status 574,448 4.7%
I-90 Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card 558,086 4.6%
Waivers Waivers 542,885 4.5%
I-918 Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status 461,200 3.8%
I-131 (Advance Parole Document for Aliens) Application for Advance Parole Document for Aliens Inside the United States 375,024 3.1%
I-485 (Cuban) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 341,232 2.8%
I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence 299,880 2.5%
I-360 Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant 297,394 2.5%
I-765 (DACA) Application for Employment Authorization 226,375 1.9%
I-821D Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 223,522 1.8%
I-485 (Employment) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 215,177 1.8%
I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers 184,209 1.5%
I-485 (Refugee) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 132,538 1.1%
I-129 Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker 120,477 1.0%
I-131 (Travel Documents, Parole Documents) Application for Travel Documents, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records 113,901 0.9%
I-485 (Asylum) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 113,567 0.9%
I-539 Application To Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status 109,156 0.9%
I-765 (Asylum) Application for Employment Authorization 107,579 0.9%
I-914 Application for T Nonimmigrant Status 106,957 0.9%
EOIR Adjustment EOIR Adjustment 95,162
I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver 71,985 0.6%
N-600 Application for Certificate of Citizenship 57,163 0.5%
I-485 (Other) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status 55,012 0.5%
I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition 37,779 0.3%
I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé 34,676 0.3%
DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration 33,782
I-131 (Initial Parole Document for Aliens) Application for Initial Parole Document for Aliens Outside the United States 32,573 0.3%
I-290B Notice of Appeal or Motion 26,407 0.2%
N-565 Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document 25,339 0.2%
I-131 (Parole in Place) Application for Travel Document, Parole Documents, and Arrival/Departure Records 24,961 0.2%
I-824 Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition 15,208 0.1%
G-325A Biographic Information 12,999 0.1%
N-400 (Military) Application for Naturalization 12,109 0.1%
I-526E Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor 10,453 0.1%
I-829 Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status 7,171 0.1%
I-102 Application for Replacement/Initial Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document 4,447 0.0%
N-336 (Under Sect. 336 of the INA) Req. for a Hearing on a Decision in Natz. Proceedings 3,548 0.0%
I-929 Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant 2,005 0.0%
N-648 Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions 1,548 0.0%
I-526 (Legacy) Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor 1,030 0.0%
I-881 App. for Susp. of Deport. or Spec. Rule Cancel. of Removal (Sect. 203 of Public Law 105-100 (NACARA)) 850 0.0%
I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor 776 0.0%
I-600 Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative 605 0.0%
I-956K Registration for Direct and Third-Party Promoters 599 0.0%
I-800 Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative 357 0.0%
I-956F Application for Approval of Investment in a Commercial Enterprise 186 0.0%
Legalization Legalization/SAW 155 0.0%
I-817 Application for Family Unity Benefits 75 0.0%
I-956 Application for Regional Center Designation 47 0.0%
I-941 Application for Entrepreneur Parole 28 0.0%
I-924 Application For Regional Center Designation Under the Immigrant Investor Program 2 0.0%

The headline total follows USCIS's own definition, which leaves out the Supplemental Processing category — cases handed over by the State Department and the immigration courts, already counted under the form they were filed on. Those forms are still listed here, with no share of the total against them.