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I-526 processing times

Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor. Newest: Apr–Jun 2026.

Time to clear backlog

Not shown: too few decisions

Pending applications

858

+11% vs. previous quarter

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

16

too few to compare with the quarter before

Approval rate

31%

too few decisions to compare with the quarter before
Special cases:

If you file today

CategoryMost likely (50%)Could be (80%)USCIS median
LegacyNo range: too few decisions last quarter99.2 months
Standalone InvestorNo range: too few decisions last quarter32.3 months

What happened to the applications

  • Approved
  • Denied
  • Pending at quarter end
  • Filed
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Source: USCIS’s quarterly All USCIS Application and Petition Form Types reports, via the Immigration and Citizenship Data page.

USCIS median and backlog over time

Time to clear backlog is how long USCIS would need to decide every pending case if it kept deciding them at the same speed. It is not your wait: the pile includes cases on hold and cases USCIS cannot decide yet.

How to read the chart

The chart shows no time to clear the backlog for quarters in which USCIS decided fewer than 100, too few to divide by. For Apr–Jun 2024, USCIS published the quarter before's medians again, so the chart has none for Apr–Jun 2024.

  • Time to clear backlog
  • USCIS median processing time
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USCIS’s median is how long the cases it decided in the quarter had taken.

By category, Apr–Jun 2026

CategoryReceivedApprovedDeniedPendingUSCIS median
Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor (Legacy)0178096099.2 months
Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor6651185832.3 months