OPERATIONAL BUILD: 2026050809 SYNC: 2026-05-08 09:03:55Z
EB-2 IND APR 01 2013 ▲ 7d EB-3 ROW JUN 01 2024 ▲ 30d EB-2 CHN MAR 22 2020 ▲ 14d USCIS PROC TSC 2.7 mo ▼ slowing PERM AVG 14.5 mo flat H-1B FY27 selection rd-2 due May 19 NIW APPR 73.0% ▼ -1.4pp YoY
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A federal-data terminal for visa, green-card, and PERM analytics. Sourced direct from DOL OFLC quarterly disclosure files and USCIS public records — no anecdotes, no funnels, no consultations.

BY Priya Anand VERIFIED 2026-05-08 v.2026050809
DS.001 · LCA Q1·26
487,219
H-1B / E-3 LCA filings indexed
▲ 4.2 % vs Q4·25
DS.014 · NIW APPR FY25
73.0%
EB-2 NIW approval rate · USCIS
▼ −1.4 pp YoY
DS.022 · PERM AVG
14.5 mo
PERM avg processing · DOL FY26 Q1
▲ +2.1 mo YoY

visa_bulletin / May 2026 · final action dates

SOURCE travel.state.gov PUB 2026-04-14 NEXT 2026-05-14
current/advance     retrogress risk     severe backlog
COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITY EB-1 EB-2 EB-3 PROFESSIONAL EB-3 OTHER WORKERS EB-5 UNRESERVED 12-MO TREND
CHINA 22 JAN 2022· 22 MAR 2020+14d 01 SEP 2020+7d 01 APR 2017-21d 01 OCT 2017+14d
INDIA 01 FEB 2022+30d 01 APR 2013+7d 22 AUG 2013· 22 AUG 2013· 15 JAN 2020+7d
MEXICO CURRENT· CURRENT· 22 NOV 2023· 22 NOV 2023· CURRENT·
REST OF WORLD CURRENT· CURRENT· 01 JUN 2024+30d 01 JUN 2024+30d CURRENT·
PHILIPPINES CURRENT· CURRENT· 22 NOV 2023· 15 JAN 2023+14d CURRENT·

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Every datapoint on this site can be traced to a federal file. Quarterly disclosures from DOL OFLC, USCIS public reports, the State Department's Visa Bulletin PDF, and IRS Pub 519 — pulled, normalized, validated, and timestamped. No anonymous "industry surveys".

  • 01 DOL OFLC · LCA + PERM + PWD quarterly CSV ~500K rec/yr
  • 02 USCIS · Form I-129, I-140, I-485 quarterly reports ~2.1M rec/yr
  • 03 DoS Visa Bulletin · Final + Filing dates monthly 144 mo back
  • 04 IRS Pub 519 · 1040NR mechanics, SPT, FBAR 2026 ed.
prevailing_wage.py visa_bulletin.py tax_519.py passed · n=487,219
1# Prevailing-wage check, OFLC FY26 Q1
2# source: dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor
3from dvl.oflc import load_pwd
4
5pwd = load_pwd(
6    soc="15-1252",         # Software Developer
7    msa="41940",           # San Jose-Sunnyvale
8    level=4,
9)
10
11assert pwd.offer_meets(182_000)
12
13# → True · L4 thresh = $172,432
14# → margin: +$9,568 (5.5%)
15
16$ python -m dvl.verify
17  oflc.lca.q1_2026         487,219 rec
18  uscis.i129.fy25         2,103,448 rec
19  dos.vb.2026_05          2026-04-14
20  irs.pub519.2026         checksum ok

heatmap · uscis processing months by service center

FY25 Q1 → FY26 Q1USCIS public reports
// FORM × SERVICE CENTER · MONTHS TO COMPLETE (90th percentile)
Q1·25Q2Q3Q4 Q1·26Q2Q3Q4 FY26·Q1CHGRANKSAMPLE n I-129 TSC 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 +0.6 3 / 8 128k I-129 VSC 5.4 6.1 6.8 7.2 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.4 +3.0 8 / 8 94k I-140 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.6 +1.7 6 / 8 211k I-485 10.2 10.8 11.4 12.0 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.0 14.0 +3.8 7 / 8 340k PERM 12.4 12.8 13.2 13.6 13.9 14.1 14.3 14.5 14.5 +2.1 7 / 8 42k
Priya Anand · Editor
IMMIGRATION-POLICY RESEARCHER · FEDERAL-DATA EDITOR

Priya runs the desk. She built Deep Visa Labs because search results for "EB-2 NIW approval rate" returned a wall of attorney landing pages, not a number. The promise here is narrow: when USCIS or DOL publishes a dataset, we read it, we publish the math, and we cite the file. Not a law firm. No lead-gen revenue.

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