I-129: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
Employment Based. Reported by USCIS for FY2026 Q3.
Median processing time
9.5 months
receipt to completion, cases completed this quarter
Pending
192,712
awaiting a decision as of 2026-06-30
Received this quarter
220,566
FY2026 Q3
Completed this quarter
183,308
143,748 approved, 39,560 denied
Fiscal year to date, FY2026 Q3
| Received | Approved | Denied | Completed | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447,537 | 391,573 | 76,592 | 468,165 | 192,712 |
Where these numbers come from
These figures are taken directly from USCIS's "Number of Service-wide Forms By Quarter, Form Status, and Processing Time" report, published quarterly on the USCIS Data Library. Every count on this page is reconciled against that report's own total row before publication; a workbook that does not reconcile is not used. Nothing here is estimated.
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