USCIS processing times: employment I-485 median reaches 6.0 months

For April 1 to June 30, 2026, the median processing time was 6.0 months for employment-based I-485s and 3.9 months for I-140 immigrant worker petitions. Pending cases were 268,408 for employment I-485s and 203,204 for I-140s.

Employment I-485 and I-140

USCIS's quarterly report covers April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026. Median months is the time USCIS took to complete half of the cases it completed in the period. Pending is the number of cases waiting at the end of the period.

For employment-based I-485 applications to adjust status, the median processing time was 6.0 months. At the end of June 2026, 268,408 employment I-485 cases were pending.

For I-140 Immigrant Petitions for Alien Workers, the median processing time was 3.9 months. The pending count was 203,204.

Related work authorization and nonimmigrant forms

I-765 employment authorization based on adjustment of status had a 6.4-month median, with 671,362 pending cases.

I-129 Petitions for a Nonimmigrant Worker had a 9.5-month median and 192,712 pending cases.

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Source: USCIS immigration and citizenship data. PermTimes writes these updates automatically from public government data and publishes them only when every number matches the source.