Two anomaly signals fired simultaneously in Week 24: the weekly median fell 13 days to its lowest reading since March, while the gap between the fastest and slowest service centers reached levels not seen this year.
Over six weeks, the median final-stage wait for green card applicants fell from 90 days to 49 days. At the same time, active pending cases grew by nearly 97,601 in just 43 days — a structural tension that shapes what the trend may look like next.
The week of June 8 brought the largest single-week rise in the 12-week window, yet the broader trajectory remains downward. A 147-day gap between processing centers added a second signal worth tracking.
The median final-stage wait for I-140 immigrant worker petitions has stabilized at 22 days through June 8, well below the 12-week trailing average of 29 days and down from a spring high of 44 days in April.
This week's 34-day median is the highest reading in eight weeks and triggered a statistically significant anomaly flag, arriving on top of a steady climb from May's low of 13 days.
The week of June 8 brings two signals moving in opposite directions: the final-stage wait has fallen to 13 days, its lowest in the current window, while the pool of pending cases has grown by more than 26,000 over the past six weeks.
The week of June 8 brought the lowest I-131 final-stage median in five weeks, yet a 328-day gap between the fastest and slowest service centers means the aggregate number tells only part of the story.
The median for green card renewal approvals has compressed at a rate of roughly 25 days per week since March, reaching 27 days in the week of June 8. The descent is near a structural floor, with the 4-week forecast holding at about 13 days.
The week of June 8 brought the highest I-539 final-stage median in 12 weeks, with an anomaly detector firing at z = 2.95 against the prior 8-week trend. The divergence between California and Texas service centers now accounts for most of the aggregate reading.
Approved cases this week show a 56-day median, well below the 12-week average, yet all six recent filing-month groups sit at effectively 0% approved as a 71,353-case active backlog expands fast.
Week 24 brings a 10-day jump to 177 days, yet the rfe_fast anomaly shows a contradictory signal. The 8-week trend remains too noisy to call a direction.
This week's final-stage wait dropped to 119 days, the lowest reading in two weeks. The 8-week slope, at +8.7 days per week, and a backlog that grew 77.6% in six weeks, point in the opposite direction.
The week of June 1 brought a 30-day jump in the final-stage wait to 211 days, the highest reading in the trailing 12-week window. Every filing-month group from 2026 remains at zero approvals, and the active pending backlog grew by more than 2,200 cases in a single month.
The median final-stage wait fell 136 days from its 12-week peak in a pattern consistent with a large-scale batch adjudication event. The next four weeks carry wide uncertainty — the median could hold near current lows or rebound toward the 100-to-150-day range seen earlier this spring.
The week of May 18 produced a 446-day median, the highest in the 12-week window, against a backdrop where TPS terminations far outnumber approvals and a low R² means the trend line explains little of the week-to-week movement.