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I-870 processing times · Record of Determination/Credible Fear Worksheet

Latest USCIS data: Apr–Jun 2026, from the All USCIS Application and Petition Form Types report.

Time to clear backlog

Not shown: USCIS did not publish the pending count

 

Pending applications

n/a

 

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

1,467

−8% vs. previous quarter

Approval rate

31%

−5 pts vs. previous quarter

Quarter-over-quarter highlight: USCIS decided 1,467 I-870 applications in Apr–Jun 2026; it did not publish how many were pending.

What happened to the applications

The bars are the I-870 decisions USCIS made each quarter, approved in blue and denied in red. The amber line is the backlog: how many applications were still waiting at the end of that quarter, most of them filed in earlier ones. The dashed line is how many came in.

  • 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.
The numbers are stored in a JSON file on GitHub.

Backlog over time

Time to clear backlog is how long USCIS 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. USCIS does not publish a processing time for this form in these reports.

Time to clear backlog
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Time to clear backlog is the pending applications at the end of each quarter, divided by the decisions (approvals and denials) made per month during it. A triangle marks a quarter far off the top of the scale, such as one in which USCIS decided almost nothing; hover over or tap it for its numbers.