Processing Data
This page provides a home for the latest EB-5 form processing updates otherwise discussed in blog posts. I include charts summarizing the official performance data from quarterly reports on the USCIS Immigration & Citizenship Data page, and a few supplementary charts with more timely and granular USCIS data leaked unofficially.
Dates
- Page last updated January 5, 2023
- Officially-reported USCIS data as of FY2022 Q4 (July to September 2022 from the All Forms report and I-485 report)
- Inside intel on unofficially-obtained USCIS data through December 31, 2022
Data table of most recent Official USCIS Report
July 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022 | |||||||
Form | Description | Received | Approved | Denied | Total Completed | Pending at period end | Processing Time (months) |
I-526 and I-526E | Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor | 188 | 259 | 276 | 535 | 13,062 | 45.3 |
I-829 | Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status | 69 | 418 | 41 | 459 | 11,150 | 47.8 |
I-956 | Application for Regional Center Designation | not reported | |||||
I-956F | Application for Approval of Investment in a Commercial Enterprise | not reported | |||||
I-956G | Regional Center Annual Statement | not reported |
FY2022 total (October 2021 to September 2022) | ||||||
Form | Description | Received | Approved | Denied | Total Completed | Pending at period end |
I-526 | Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor | 829 | 590 | 825 | 1,415 | 13,062 |
I-829 | Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status | 1,270 | 1,453 | 168 | 1,621 | 11,150 |
I-526 Processing Highlights
- Published Report: As of September 30, 2022, IPO had 13,062 pending I-526 and had completed 535 I-526 adjudications over the previous quarter (average 178 decisions/month). If this completion rate continues, it will take over 73 months to process currently-pending I-526. Performance in July-September 2022 was an improvement over the previous three months but still less than half the pre-Pandemic I-526 completion rate, and nine times lower than performance in 2018. The median processing times for I-526 decisions in July-September 2022 was 45 months.
- Inside Intel: In December 2022, IPO approved/denied 97 I-526, with a wide range of filing dates. The largest cluster of decisions (28 decisions, 38% of the total) were on I-526 filed in the month of December 2018. Other decisions ranged in age from approval of an I-526 filed in September 2015 to an approval of an I-526 filed in July 2022.
I-829 Processing Highlights
- Published Report: As of September 30, 2022, IPO had 11,150 pending I-829 and had completed 459 I-829 adjudications over the previous quarter (average 153 decisions/month). If this completion rate continues, it will take over 72 months to process currently-pending I-829. Performance in July-September 2022 was slightly higher than the previous quarter and about half the pre-Pandemic I-829 completion rate. The median processing times for I-829 decisions in July-September 2022 was 47.8 months.
- Inside Intel: In December 2022, IPO approved/denied 78 I-829, quite evenly spread over a wide range of filing dates. Almost every filing month from June 2017 to June 2020 had 4-9 I-829 selected for a decision in December 2022. The oldest decision was an on I-829 filed in June 2015, while the newest was on an I-829 filed in January 2021.
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PD Dec 18-26 2018 approvals are coming though in Dec 2022
I am so grateful to you for providing data and insight about I-829 approved and pending cases. I hope my turn comes soon as I have been waiting for this for 3 years.