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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Projected Naturalization Processing Times

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Found this on the USCIS website (click here for the actual page). Might come in handy for other friends who are thinking of naturalization.

USCIS Updates Projected Naturalization Processing Times

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it continues to make steady progress in reducing the significant number of naturalization applications it received last year. USCIS now anticipates naturalization application processing will average 10-12 months nationally by the end of September 2008 – a substantial improvement from its estimated average processing time of 16-18 months first announced last year.

“USCIS is committed to providing customers with clear expectations and regular updates about the agency’s progress to reduce its backlog,” Acting USCIS Director Jonathan Scharfen said. “We are working steadily toward achieving our goal of processing all naturalization applications within five months by this time next year.”

During Fiscal Year 2007, USCIS received 1.4 million naturalization applications, nearly double the normal annual volume. In July alone, USCIS received 460,000 applications for naturalization prior to the implementation of its July 30, 2007 fee increase. As a result, average processing times significantly increased.

In response to the surge in applications, USCIS implemented a work plan to reduce the backlog, including implementing an aggressive hiring plan and expanded work hours. As a result of this effort, USCIS anticipates completing more than one million naturalization applications by the end of this fiscal year, including most of the applications received during the summer of 2007.

Last year’s application surge did not impact USCIS offices evenly across the country. Although most offices have already processed cases received during the 2007 filing surge, a handful of offices will have a small percentage of their 2007 cases pending at the end of Fiscal Year 2008. That will result in processing times longer than the 10-12 month national average. USCIS will continue to shift resources to ensure that all local offices achieve the goal of five month processing times.

USCIS field office projections are listed below. These projections indicate the average time it will take to complete a naturalization case as of the end of September 2008.

Estimate of Local Office Naturalization Processing Times by September 2008:
Agana, Guam: 5.0 months
Albany, NY: 5.6 months
Albuquerque, NM: 8.4 months
Anchorage, AK: 5.0 months
Atlanta, GA: 6.7 months
Baltimore, MD: 7.0 months
Boise, ID: 10.5 months
Boston, MA: 8.8 months
Buffalo, NY: 7.0 months
Charleston, SC: 14.1 months
Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands: 7.2 months
Charlotte, NC: 14.9 months
Chicago, IL: 5.1 months
Cincinnati, OH: 7.0 months
Cleveland, OH: 6.8 months
Columbus, OH: 5.7 months
Dallas, TX: 11.0 months
Denver, CO: 5.2 months
Des Moines, IO: 5.7 months
Detroit, MI: 5.0 months
El Paso, TX: 7.9 months
Fort Smith, AR: 7.6 months
Fresno, CA: 6.7 months
Harlingen, TX: 5.0 months
Hartford, CT: 14.3 months
Helena, MT: 5.0 months
Honolulu, HI: 5.0 months
Houston, TX: 5.1 months
Indianapolis, IN: 5.0 months
Jacksonville, FL: 7.4 months
Kansas City, Mo: 7.0 months
Las Vegas, NV: 9.0 months
Los Angeles, CA: 12.5 months
Louisville, KY: 7.1 months
Manchester, NH: 5.3 months
Memphis, TN: 8.4 months
Miami, FL: 12.0 months
Milwaukee, WI: 6.6 months
Mount Laurel, NJ: 5.0 months
New Orleans, LA: 14.5 months
New York, NY: 10.0 months
Newark, NJ: 7.4 months
Norfolk, VA: 7.2 months
Oklahoma City, OK: 8.6 months
Omaha, NE: 5.0 months
Orlando, FL: 9.5 months
Philadelphia, PA: 10.0 months
Phoenix, AZ: 8.6 months
Pittsburgh, PA: 6.0 months
Portland, ME: 5.5 months
Portland, OR: 5.4 months
Providence, RI: 6.7 months
Reno, NV: 5.0 months
Sacramento, CA: 5.0 months
Salt Lake City, UT: 5.0 months
San Antonio, TX: 5.0 months
San Diego, CA: 5.0 months
San Francisco, CA: 5.5 months
San Jose, CA: 5.0 months
San Juan, Puerto Rico: 10.4 months
Seattle, WA: 9.0 months
Spokane, WA: 5.0 months
St. Albans, VT: 9.5 months
St. Louis, Mo: 10.3 months
St. Paul, MN: 5.5 months
Tampa, FL: 8.6 months
Tucson, AZ: 12.0 months
Washington, DC: 12.7 months
West Palm Beach, FL: 5.0 months
Yakima, WA: 5.0 months

Well, it's nice to know Memphis isn't the place that takes the longest time to process :-). It's a little longer than the average waiting time of 7.5 months, but at least my application isn't being processed in Charlotte, NC--its processing time is the longest (14.9 months).

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