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I-956 processing times

Application for Regional Center Designation. Newest: Apr–Jun 2026.

Time to clear backlog

Not shown: too few decisions

Pending applications

46

too few to compare with the quarter before

Decided in Apr–Jun 2026

10

too few to compare with the quarter before

Approval rate

90%

too few decisions to compare with the quarter before

If you file today

CategoryMost likely (50%)Could be (80%)USCIS median
I-956No range: too few decisions last quarter11.4 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.