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Status Updated monthly
Sources USCIS · DOS · Federal Register
Applicability EB-1A · EB-2 NIW · I-140 Holders

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Data Resources

USCIS inventory data, visa bulletin analysis, and immigration intelligence, translated from government sources into plain language for employment-based self-petitioners.

Actionable intelligence for self-petitioners.

Every month, USCIS and the State Department release data that can shape your petition strategy: priority dates, movements, backlog depths, approval trends, and processing time shifts. We parse it so you don’t have to.

Snapshot Highlights

H1 2026 at a Glance

The first half of 2026 confirmed a structural tightening in NIW adjudications alongside a deepening India EB-2 backlog and a growing gap between median and mean I-485 processing times, a signal that the system is splitting into two distinct tracks.

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India EB-2 Backlog
28,179
Approved petitions awaiting visa availability as of May 2026
NIW Approval Decline
-57%
NIW approvals fell from 29,092 in FY2023 to 12,516 in FY2025
I-485 Employment Avg.
10.5mo
Mean processing time July 2026. Median is 4.9 mo; the gap reveals stuck cases
Pending I-140 (Worldwide)
878k+
Approved I-140 petitions awaiting a visa number. India alone: 482,672
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