I-899 processing times · Record of Determination/Reasonable 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
788
+1% vs. previous quarter
Approval rate
4%
−3 pts vs. previous quarter
Quarter-over-quarter highlight: USCIS decided 788 I-899 applications in Apr–Jun 2026; it did not publish how many were pending.
What happened to the applications
The bars are the I-899 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
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.