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I-140 petitions at USCIS
After PERM, the employer files Form I-140 with USCIS. Here is how many petitions USCIS receives, approves and denies every quarter, how many are waiting and how long a decision takes.
11.2 monthsMedian processing time (FY2025 Q3)
170,699Petitions waiting
83.5%Approval rate (last quarter)
62,186Received last quarter
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Decisions per quarter
Approved and denied I-140 petitions (all countries, all categories).
- Approved
- Denied
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Petitions waiting
Pending at the end of each quarter.
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How long a decision takes
USCIS median processing time in months.
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All quarters
| Quarter | Received | Approved | Denied | Pending | Median time |
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| FY2025 Q3 | 62,186 | 34,794 | 6,864 | 170,699 | 11.2 months |
| FY2025 Q2 | 57,947 | 36,476 | 4,926 | 150,112 | 7.5 months |
| FY2025 Q1 | 57,827 | 33,105 | 4,396 | 132,938 | 7.6 months |
| FY2024 Q4 | 57,144 | 38,388 | 5,951 | 108,043 | 7.8 months |
| FY2024 Q3 | 59,356 | 40,142 | 5,050 | 94,241 | 6.8 months |
| FY2024 Q1 | 54,596 | 40,034 | 3,631 | 69,978 | 6.3 months |
| FY2023 Q3 | 77,273 | 61,698 | 5,955 | 53,006 | 3.9 months |
| FY2023 Q2 | 70,661 | 67,238 | 6,483 | 47,088 | 3.4 months |
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What this means for you
- These are U.S. fiscal-year quarters (Q1 = October–December).
- Figures cover every I-140 category and country; USCIS does not publish Bangladesh separately.
- More petitions waiting usually means longer processing. Premium processing (an extra USCIS fee) gives a decision much faster for EB-3.
- Your priority date is fixed by the PERM filing date, so a slower I-140 does not lose your place in the Visa Bulletin queue.
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Source: USCIS “Number of Service-wide Forms by Quarter, Form Status, and Processing Time” (quarterly All Forms report). Updated 2026-10-29 08:16 UTC.