PERM processing time history
Dated records of the FLAG table from January 5, 2026 to August 7, 2026. The current row is the FLAG page. Earlier rows are contemporaneous records of that table, not archived FLAG originals.
Since January 2026, the published standard marker moved from August 2024 to September 2025 — 13 months of recorded queue movement. Weaker records are not counted in this span.
8 dated records of the FLAG table
8 dated records. FLAG page, dated record, or weaker record is labeled on each row. February 2026 is marked low confidence: the calendar day was not recorded.
August 7, 2026
FLAG page
- Standard
- September 2025
- Audit
- December 2025
- Reconsideration
- March 2026
- Analyst avg
- 372 days
Analyst average is for July 2026 determinations. Audit average was not published in this update.
July 17, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- July 2025
- Audit
- December 2025
- Reconsideration
- March 2026
- Analyst avg
- 403 days
Analyst average is for June 2026 determinations. Audit queue also recorded by Reddy Neumann Brown from the same FLAG window.
June 30, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- June 2025
- Audit
- December 2025
- Reconsideration
- February 2026
- Analyst avg
- 403 days
Analyst average is for June 2026 determinations. Audit queue also recorded by Fragomen from the same FLAG update.
May 31, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- April 2025
- Audit
- Not recorded
- Reconsideration
- January 2026
- Analyst avg
- 501 days
Analyst average is still listed for March 2026 determinations in this republication.
April 23, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- January 2025
- Audit
- Not recorded
- Reconsideration
- November 2025
- Analyst avg
- 501 days
Analyst average is for March 2026 determinations. Audit queue was not recorded in this republication.
March 5, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- October 2024
- Audit
- June 2025
- Reconsideration
- September 2025
- Analyst avg
- 503 days
Analyst average is for February 2026 determinations. Audit queue also recorded by Erickson Immigration Group from the same FLAG update.
February 2026
Weaker record · Low confidence
- Standard
- September 2024
- Audit
- June 2025
- Reconsideration
- Not recorded
- Analyst avg
- 512 days
Weakest row. The calendar day of publication was not recorded, and this republication is thinner than the BAL records used for other months. Analyst average is for January 2026 determinations.
January 5, 2026
Dated record
- Standard
- August 2024
- Audit
- Not recorded
- Reconsideration
- August 2025
- Analyst avg
- 500 days
Analyst average is for December 2025 determinations. Audit queue was not recorded in this republication.
How is the published PERM queue moving?
One bar per dated record of the FLAG table. Months without a recorded value are left out, not filled in.
| Publication | Queue month | Change |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | August 2024 | First in series |
| February 2026 | September 2024 | +1 mo |
| March 2026 | October 2024 | +1 mo |
| April 2026 | January 2025 | +3 mo |
| May 2026 | April 2025 | +3 mo |
| June 2026 | June 2025 | +2 mo |
| July 2026 | July 2025 | +1 mo |
| August 2026 | September 2025 | +2 mo |
How to read this. Bar height is the official queue month in that dated record. Across 7 dated records of the FLAG table (January 2026–August 2026), the published standard-case marker moved from August 2024 to September 2025, 13 months of queue progress. Weaker records are shown on the chart but not counted in this span.
Not a speed and not a case ETA. 1 FLAG page · 6 dated records · 1 weaker. Weaker records are the paler bars.
How each row is sourced is on How the numbers work.