Urgent report · I-765 + I-485 · July 5–13, 2026

The July 10–13 wave: what really happened to your case?

We analyzed thousands of real status changes in the work permits (I-765) and green card applications (I-485) that Inmigreat tracks. Here's what we found — no panic, no spin: just the numbers as they are.

2,564
I-765 (Jul 05–12)
5,476
I-485 (Jul 05–12)
1,734
biometrics touches, Jul 10–12 (I-485)
500K+
green card and work permit cases tracked by Inmigreat
Chapter 01 · Work permit

I-765: lots of noise, little signal.

2,564 changes between July 5 and July 12. But 2,221 of them landed in "In process" — largely USCIS renaming the label ("The case is still being processed" → "USCIS is processing the case"), not real progress. Real approvals were 210; denials, 90.

Changes per day × category · Jul 05–12
window total: 2,564
"In process" (cosmetic) vs. real movement, per day
The finding
87% of the volume is cosmetic.

On the wave days (Jul 10–12), real movement nearly disappears: 30 → 1 → 0 milestone changes, against 857 → 410 → 436 "In process" touches.

The full table · I-765, Jul 05–12
DayIn processRFEApprovedDeniedOtherTotal
Jul 055141113
Jul 06431234110480
Jul 072103814073
Jul 0831370383150
Jul 09302362612114
Jul 10 · wave85712702887
Jul 11 · wave4100100411
Jul 12 · wave4360000436
Total2,221921090182,564
Chapter 02 · Green card

I-485: here biometrics is a real signal.

5,476 changes in the same window. Amid the "In process" noise there was real milestone movement: 1,256 biometrics touches, 142 interviews and 134 approvals.

Changes per day × category · Jul 05–12
window total: 5,476
The biometrics wave
1,734 fingerprints reused.

Concentrated in the three wave days (Jul 10–12), on aging NBC cases: median ~21 months in the system, 99.8% from the MSC prefix, and 0% with a biometrics appointment scheduled — it's batch fingerprint reuse, not new appointments.

Biometrics touches per day · I-485
The full table · I-485, Jul 05–12
DayBiometricsIn processRFEInterviewApprovedDeniedOtherTotal
Jul 05081213015
Jul 061716112233132800
Jul 07235222517121116
Jul 088443047411312198
Jul 0943102244137923279
Jul 10 · wave1531,675134121,839
Jul 11 · wave6461,010000021,658
Jul 12 · wave40316502100571
Total1,2563,7558914213451425,476
Chapter 03 · The anatomy

Where does the wave come from?

We look at the same window from two angles: which USCIS block the cases live in — online (IOE) or NBC paper (MSC) — and which generation they belong to by their filing date. The pattern jumps right out.

By block · where they are
~80% are IOE (online)
I-765 sub-blocks · the core is IOE0930–0934
Reading
The I-765 is almost all online.

Of 2,266 work permits, only 115 are MSC (paper). The I-485, by contrast, carries a large group in MSC (1,730): older, from the NBC, and it's the fingerprint-reuse batch we saw earlier.

The table · cases by form and block
Form · blockCases
I-485 · IOE (online)5,200
I-765 · IOE (online)2,151
I-485 · MSC (paper/NBC)1,730
I-765 · MSC115
By filing date · which generation they belong to
peak: April 2025
The table · filings by month
Filing monthI-765I-485
Feb 2025109201
Mar 2025270362
Apr 2025 · peak720793
May 2025261785
Jun 2025168561
Jul 2025147486
Aug 202551399
The pattern
A
The spring 2025 cohort, filed online

The IOE0930–0934 series (with IOE0931 in front), filed mostly in April 2025 — now ~12–15 months pending. It's the main block USCIS is touching right now.

B
A separate group of I-485 in MSC (1,730)

Older (2024–early 2025) and on NBC paper. It's the fingerprint-reuse batch we'd already spotted — biometrics reprocessed, not new appointments.

C
~690 I-485 with no filing date

Incomplete timeline data worth reviewing separately — it doesn't fit either of the two generations above.

In one line

It's the April 2025 generation that applied online (IOE0931 in front), plus a batch of older paper-filed adjustments (MSC) now going through biometrics.

What matters

Four key findings.

01
A concentrated wave, same USCIS batch

The three days of the original window — July 10, 11 and 12 — show the same pattern in both forms: an abrupt jump in volume that drops just as fast. Everything points to a single USCIS batch process, not an organic, sustained change in pace.

02
I-765: 87% is cosmetic, not adjudication

Of the 2,564 changes in the original window, 2,221 landed in "In process" — largely because USCIS renamed the label ("The case is still being processed" → "USCIS is processing the case"), not because of real progress. Real approvals were 210; denials, 90.

03
I-485: biometrics is a real signal

1,256 biometrics touches in the original window, with 1,734 concentrated in the three wave days. It's a batch of fingerprint reuse on aging NBC cases — median of ~21 months in the system, 99.8% from the MSC prefix, and 0% with a biometrics appointment scheduled.

04
There's real milestone movement behind the noise

Amid the "In process" noise, there were still 142 interviews and 134 real approvals in I-485, and 210 approvals in I-765. It's not only cosmetic — it's just mixed in with what is.

This wouldn't be possible without you

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