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I-485 processing at Nebraska Service Center

USCIS’s own quarterly numbers for this office. Newest: Apr–Jun 2026.

Time to clear backlog

129 months

up from 49 months

Pending applications

37,094

+14% vs. previous quarter

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

860

−56% vs. previous quarter

Approval rate

85%

−2 pts vs. previous quarter

Over the last four quarters, this center has cleared its pile of these cases clearly slower than the country as a whole.

Recent news:
Special cases:

USCIS publishes no times per office. Nationally, I-485 (Other) cases filed today are most likely decided in 18–35 months. See the national ranges.

For now, from our reading of the numbers:

USCIS decided 58% fewer of these cases in Apr–Jun 2026 than usual. Plan for the later end of the range.

By category, Apr–Jun 2026

CategoryReceivedDecidedPendingTime to clear backlog
Family260823not shown: too few decisions
Employment4993884,66036 months
Humanitarian00228not shown: too few decisions
Other6,08386037,094129 months
All categories6,6081,24842,805103 months

What happened to the applications

  • Approved
  • Denied
  • Pending at quarter end
  • Filed
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Source: USCIS’s quarterly I-485 by Category, Case Status, and USCIS Field Office Location reports, via the Immigration and Citizenship Data page. A dashed line ("cases moved out"): In Jul–Sep 2022, USCIS moved these cases away from the Nebraska Service Center: its pile, and the time to clear it, changed for that reason, not because the office sped up or fell behind.

Backlog over time

Time to clear backlog is how long the office would need to decide every pending case at last quarter’s pace. It is not your wait: the pile includes cases on hold and cases USCIS cannot decide yet.

How to read the chart

USCIS sometimes moves pending cases between offices. A dashed line marks a quarter in which it did: the pile, and the time to clear it, then include the cases moved in (or leave out those moved away), so they don't show the office falling behind or catching up. The chart leaves it out for quarters in which the office decided fewer than 100 of these cases. The line under the boxes on the office’s pace compares the time to clear its pile at the pace of its last four quarters with the same for the country as a whole; it says slower or faster only where one is more than 1.5 times the other.

Time to clear backlog
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A dashed line ("cases moved out"): In Jul–Sep 2022, USCIS moved these cases away from the Nebraska Service Center: its pile, and the time to clear it, changed for that reason, not because the office sped up or fell behind.