Official USCIS EB-5 Visa filing data

Track filing demand, visa pressure, and USCIS queue signals using published USCIS and State Department data.

EB-5 Investor Petition (I-526) Demand, Backlog and Completions

Worldwide USCIS petition-stage metrics shown in sequence for Regional Center I-526E, standalone I-526, and legacy I-526 petitions.

EB-5 Regional Center Petition (I-526E)

I-526E petition-stage series

Queue and USCIS Net Backlog

Open petition inventory compared with USCIS operational backlog.

Pending Net backlog
EB-5 Regional Center Petition (I-526E) pending and USCIS net backlog by fiscal quarterFY23 Q2: 1,127 pending1,127FY23 Q2FY23 Q3: 1,761 pending1,761FY23 Q4: 2,431 pending2,431FY23 Q4FY24 Q4: 5,850 pending5,850FY25 Q1: 6,922 pending6,922FY25 Q1: 0 USCIS net backlog0FY25 Q1FY25 Q2: 8,340 pending8,340FY25 Q2: 0 USCIS net backlog0FY25 Q3: 8,965 pending8,965FY25 Q3: 5,700 USCIS net backlog5,700FY25 Q3FY25 Q4: 9,005 pending9,005FY25 Q4: 6,000 USCIS net backlog6,000FY26 Q1: 9,734 pending9,734FY26 Q1: 6,800 USCIS net backlog6,800FY26 Q1FY26 Q2: 10,453 pending10,453FY26 Q2: 7,300 USCIS net backlog7,300FY26 Q2

New Filings vs Completed Decisions

Quarterly receipts compared with USCIS completions; this is not visa availability.

Receipts Completions
EB-5 Regional Center Petition (I-526E) receipts and completions by fiscal quarterFY23 Q2: 495 receipts495FY23 Q2FY23 Q3: 649 receipts649FY23 Q4: 888 receipts888FY23 Q4: 63 completions63FY23 Q4FY24 Q4: 1,038 receipts1,038FY24 Q4: 393 completions393FY25 Q1: 1,359 receipts1,359FY25 Q1: 202 completions202FY25 Q1FY25 Q2: 1,824 receipts1,824FY25 Q2: 219 completions219FY25 Q3: 1,643 receipts1,643FY25 Q3: 1,113 completions1,113FY25 Q3FY25 Q4: 1,478 receipts1,478FY25 Q4: 1,430 completions1,430FY26 Q1: 1,667 receipts1,667FY26 Q1: 940 completions940FY26 Q1FY26 Q2: 1,699 receipts1,699FY26 Q2: 980 completions980FY26 Q2
Latest net inflow: +719 petitions in FY26 Q2

EB-5 Direct Petition (I-526)

I-526 petition-stage series

Queue and USCIS Net Backlog

Open petition inventory compared with USCIS operational backlog.

Pending Net backlog
EB-5 Direct Petition (I-526) pending and USCIS net backlog by fiscal quarterFY23 Q2: 90 pending90FY23 Q2FY23 Q3: 137 pending137FY23 Q4: 182 pending182FY23 Q4FY24 Q4: 377 pending377FY25 Q1: 380 pending380FY25 Q1: 100 USCIS net backlog100FY25 Q1FY25 Q2: 516 pending516FY25 Q2: 100 USCIS net backlog100FY25 Q3: 574 pending574FY25 Q3: 400 USCIS net backlog400FY25 Q3FY25 Q4: 664 pending664FY25 Q4: 400 USCIS net backlog400FY26 Q1: 736 pending736FY26 Q1: 500 USCIS net backlog500FY26 Q1FY26 Q2: 776 pending776FY26 Q2: 600 USCIS net backlog600FY26 Q2

New Filings vs Completed Decisions

Quarterly receipts compared with USCIS completions; this is not visa availability.

Receipts Completions
EB-5 Direct Petition (I-526) receipts and completions by fiscal quarterFY23 Q2: 40 receipts40FY23 Q2FY23 Q3: 50 receipts50FY23 Q4: 57 receipts57FY23 Q4: 0 completions0FY23 Q4FY24 Q4: 43 receipts43FY24 Q4: 28 completions28FY25 Q1: 63 receipts63FY25 Q1FY25 Q2: 94 receipts94FY25 Q2: 0 completions0FY25 Q3: 96 receipts96FY25 Q3: 21 completions21FY25 Q3FY25 Q4: 91 receipts91FY25 Q4: 26 completions26FY26 Q1: 98 receipts98FY26 Q1: 10 completions10FY26 Q1FY26 Q2: 73 receipts73FY26 Q2: 23 completions23FY26 Q2
Latest net inflow: +50 petitions in FY26 Q2

Legacy EB-5 Petition (I-526)

I-526 petition-stage series

Queue and USCIS Net Backlog

Open petition inventory compared with USCIS operational backlog.

Pending Net backlog
Legacy EB-5 Petition (I-526) pending and USCIS net backlog by fiscal quarterFY23 Q1: 13,232 pending13,232FY23 Q1FY23 Q2: 11,602 pending11,602FY23 Q3: 10,802 pending10,802FY23 Q3FY23 Q4: 9,527 pending9,527FY24 Q4: 3,744 pending3,744FY24 Q4: 300 USCIS net backlog300FY24 Q4FY25 Q1: 2,668 pending2,668FY25 Q1: 600 USCIS net backlog600FY25 Q2: 1,854 pending1,854FY25 Q2: 300 USCIS net backlog300FY25 Q2FY25 Q3: 1,248 pending1,248FY25 Q3: 100 USCIS net backlog100FY25 Q4: 1,105 pending1,105FY25 Q4: 200 USCIS net backlog200FY25 Q4FY26 Q1: 1,071 pending1,071FY26 Q1: 200 USCIS net backlog200FY26 Q2: 1,030 pending1,030FY26 Q2: 200 USCIS net backlog200FY26 Q2

New Filings vs Completed Decisions

Quarterly receipts compared with USCIS completions; this is not visa availability.

Receipts Completions
Legacy EB-5 Petition (I-526) receipts and completions by fiscal quarterFY23 Q1: 556 receipts556FY23 Q1: 480 completions480FY23 Q1FY23 Q2: 0 receipts0FY23 Q2: 904 completions904FY23 Q3: 0 receipts0FY23 Q3: 888 completions888FY23 Q3FY23 Q4: 0 receipts0FY23 Q4: 1,291 completions1,291FY24 Q4: 0 receipts0FY24 Q4: 1,291 completions1,291FY24 Q4FY25 Q1: 0 receipts0FY25 Q1: 791 completions791FY25 Q2: 0 receipts0FY25 Q2: 656 completions656FY25 Q2FY25 Q3: 0 receipts0FY25 Q3: 680 completions680FY25 Q4: 0 receipts0FY25 Q4: 193 completions193FY25 Q4FY26 Q1: 0 receipts0FY26 Q1: 70 completions70FY26 Q2: 0 receipts0FY26 Q2: 72 completions72FY26 Q2
Latest net inflow: -72 petitions in FY26 Q2
Worldwide USCIS petition-stage metricsOfficial USCIS all-forms performance file, FY2026 Q2Official net backlog and frontlog file, FY2026 Q2

EB-5 receipt demand composition

FY2022-FY2026 (through Q2) visible window

Compare the same official receipt totals by country of birth and by form-reported project type. Each fiscal year is one stacked bar.

Regional Center receipts

Demand by country

China and India are shown separately. Every other USCIS country-of-birth group is combined into Rest of World.

ChinaIndiaRest of World
Demand by country receipt volume by fiscal yearFY2022, China: 124 receipts (38.8%)FY2022, India: 64 receipts (20%)FY2022, Rest of World: 132 receipts (41.3%)320FY2022FY2023, China: 1,369 receipts (56.3%)FY2023, India: 375 receipts (15.4%)FY2023, Rest of World: 688 receipts (28.3%)2,432FY2023FY2024, China: 2,446 receipts (52.9%)FY2024, India: 786 receipts (17%)FY2024, Rest of World: 1,388 receipts (30%)4,620FY2024FY2025, China: 3,017 receipts (47.8%)FY2025, India: 1,812 receipts (28.7%)FY2025, Rest of World: 1,478 receipts (23.4%)6,307FY2025FY2026 (through Q2), China: 1,294 receipts (38.2%)FY2026 (through Q2), India: 1,282 receipts (37.9%)FY2026 (through Q2), Rest of World: 811 receipts (23.9%)3,387FY2026through Q2

Demand by project type

Project types reflect selections reported on the petition form; USCIS has not validated project eligibility in this dataset.

RuralHigh Unemployment AreaInfrastructureUnreservedOther / unclear
Demand by project type receipt volume by fiscal yearFY2022, Rural: 80 receipts (25%)FY2022, High Unemployment Area: 238 receipts (74.4%)FY2022, Other / unclear: 2 receipts (0.6%)320FY2022FY2023, Rural: 782 receipts (32.2%)FY2023, High Unemployment Area: 1,618 receipts (66.5%)FY2023, Other / unclear: 32 receipts (1.3%)2,432FY2023FY2024, Rural: 2,305 receipts (49.9%)FY2024, High Unemployment Area: 2,232 receipts (48.3%)FY2024, Other / unclear: 83 receipts (1.8%)4,620FY2024FY2025, Rural: 3,589 receipts (56.9%)FY2025, High Unemployment Area: 2,430 receipts (38.5%)FY2025, Unreserved: 42 receipts (0.7%)FY2025, Other / unclear: 246 receipts (3.9%)6,307FY2025FY2026 (through Q2), Rural: 1,878 receipts (55.4%)FY2026 (through Q2), High Unemployment Area: 1,142 receipts (33.7%)FY2026 (through Q2), Unreserved: 13 receipts (0.4%)FY2026 (through Q2), Other / unclear: 354 receipts (10.5%)3,387FY2026through Q2

Other / unclear combines petitions where both Rural and High Unemployment were selected, no category was selected, or the category was reported as unknown. It is a reporting bucket, not an EB-5 project type.