Figure 7

Employer-sponsored processing backlogs by stage have exceeded half a million

FY 2016–2025, Q2

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Sources: “Number of Service-wide Forms by Quarter, Form Status, and Processing Time—January 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023,” US Citizenship and Immigration Services, December 2023 (and earlier); “Number of Service-wide Forms by Quarter, Form Status, and Processing Time—July 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024," US Citizenship and Immigration Services, FY 2024; and “Performance Data,” Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Department of Labor, 2016–2025.