You are not alone. Here is how others are doing: approvals, RFEs, adjudication and timelines - anonymous, with masked case numbers. Keep your own case in the command center, and it will appear in this group.
You are not alone - here's how others are doing. 3 approved in the last month.
Case numbers are hidden. These are samples; join the cohort to see real members. Not legal advice.
The board is a set of anonymous cards: visa category, field and status - filed, in review, RFE, interview, approved or denied. A card contains nothing beyond that, and your case joins the shared group only if you agree to it.
The point is a sense of timing. Official processing-time estimates are medians across the whole country and every profile; the board shows what is happening to people who filed around the same time in the same category. Not more accurate than the official data, but closer to your situation.
The second point is to remove the feeling that something has gone wrong. An RFE is a normal stage, not a malfunction, and seeing that it reaches other people too helps more than any explanation.
| Stage | Typically | Note |
|---|---|---|
| EB-2: visa issuance due to the fiscal year limit | waiting until the start of the new fiscal year | It was noted that EB-2 issuance had been paused until visa numbers become available again on October 1; this is not the processing time for a specific case, but a delay caused by category limits. |
| O-1 / EB petitions: regular processing without premium processing | up to 19 months | In one message, the current normal processing time for comparable petitions was said to be about 19 months, with a recommendation to check the official processing times. |
| EB-2 NIW: petition review without premium processing | about 7 months | A case with an RFE and a later denial was described, and the total processing time was about 7 months. |
Myth: General I-140 processing times accurately reflect the timeline for a specific EB-1A or NIW petition.
In reality: Aggregated processing times for Form I-140 may include different categories and do not always predict the timeline for a specific petition type well. For planning, it is better to account for the category, service center, premium processing, and recent practice.
Myth: If USCIS processing times say that 80% of applications are processed within a certain time, that means a decision cannot come before or after that period.
In reality: The 80% figure is a benchmark for most cases, not a guarantee. Individual cases may be processed faster or much longer, especially with an RFE, office workload, or changes in premium processing availability.
Distilled from the public community chats, anonymised; corpus as of June 2026. These are participants' observations, not legal advice and not USCIS statistics.