California Service Center — pending cases, completions and backlog for I-485 (green card), I-130 (family petition), from USCIS's quarterly office reports (office code WSC).
21,108 I-485 applications were pending at the end of Apr–Jun 2026; at the recent pace of 427 a month the queue would take about 49 months.
I-485 (green card)
49 mo
21,108 pending · 427/mo done · #1 of 4
I-130 (family petition)
8 mo
70,141 pending · 8,952/mo done · #5 of 6
Pending cases at California Service Center
Cases awaiting a decision at the end of each fiscal quarter.
How many green card applications are pending at California Service Center?
21,108 I-485 applications were pending at the end of Apr–Jun 2026; the office completed about 427 a month (backlog estimate 49 months, national 30 months).
Which cases does the California Service Center handle?
Service centers process petitions and applications that are filed by mail or online, without an interview; USCIS moves work between centers to balance workloads, so the center on your receipt notice depends on the form and the filing address on the form's "Where to file" page, not only on where you live. Interviews (for example most I-485 and all N-400 cases) take place at a field office. Your receipt number prefix shows the center: WAC = California, LIN = Nebraska, SRC = Texas, EAC = Vermont, YSC = Potomac, MSC/NBC = National Benefits Center, IOE = USCIS online filing.
Figures are copied from the official files without changes; derived numbers (changes, backlog estimates) are explained on the methodology page. Not legal advice.