US employment-based immigrant visa count crosses 192000 in 2023

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released end-of-fiscal year (FY) 2023 data showing a total number of filings and completion of pending cases during the year. In FY 2023, USCIS received 10.9 million filings and completed more than 10 million pending cases– both record-breaking numbers in the agency’s history.

In doing so, USCIS reduced overall backlogs by 15%. Among USCIS’ record number of case completions in FY 2023, the agency administered the Oath of Allegiance to more than 878,500 new U.S. citizens, including 12,000 members of the military, effectively eliminating the backlog of naturalization applications.