From July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, USCIS approved 10,348 asylum applications filed directly with USCIS and denied or referred to court 40,814: 20.2% were approved. As of June 30, 2026, 1,392,782 applications were waiting for a decision.
If the person has no legal status, USCIS refers the case to immigration court. There a judge hears the asylum application again, and the court makes the decision. USCIS counts these referrals as denials.
In the quarter from April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, USCIS decided half of work permit applications from asylum applicants ((c)(8)) in under 0.8 months, and from green card applicants ((c)(9)) in under 6.4 months. This is the median time for decided applications.
In the quarter from April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, USCIS decided half of citizenship applications in under 9.5 months. From July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, 88.1% of N-400 decisions were approvals, and 742,138 applications are waiting for a decision. Times and approvals for every USCIS office are on this page.
In the quarter from April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, the median I-485 decision time was 7.0 months for family-based and 6.0 months for employment-based cases. Approvals based on asylum and refugee status are few right now: see the «Types of green cards» table.
These are the official USCIS quarterly reports (Immigration and Citizenship Data on uscis.gov): all forms nationwide, N-400, I-485 and I-130 by office, and I-765 by category. USCIS publishes them once a quarter, about three months after the quarter ends.
How many asylum, work permit, green card and citizenship applications are filed with USCIS, what share is approved, how many are waiting for a decision, and roughly how long the queue takes at each USCIS field office.
