INS Adjustment and Naturalization Processing Times
Posted May 29, 1999

The following are processing times for adjustment of status (I-485) and naturalization applications (N-400s). Though both these applications commonly start out at the INS Service Centers, they are listed in the chart below according to the local office having jurisdiction over the applicant's place of residence. All naturalization applications, all family-based I-485s and some employment-based I-485s also involve interviews at the local INS District Office.

This chart comes courtesy of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA), and includes data compiled as of February 1999, though it was released in April 1999.

District or Permanent Residence Filing Naturalization Filing Advance

Parole Work Suboffice	Until Approval I-485	Until Swearing In	Approval Authorization	Approval
Albuquerque	365-540	365-540	30-45	30-45
Atlanta	450-540	630-720	45-60	75-90
Baltimore	450	450	1	14
Boston	210	n/a	1	1
Buffalo	180-365	330-395	15	1
Charlotte	420-480	365-900	30-60	90-100
Chicago	365-540	365-720	1	21-30
Cincinnati	210-300	450	1-7	1
Denver	365-550	550-730	1-3	14-21
El Paso	485-545	485-545	60	60
Harlingen	742	610	162	91
Honolulu	150-180	300-365	4-10	1-2
Houston	820-850	600	30	90
Indianapolis	180-240	300-330	1-30	1-30
Kansas City	300-360	360-510	1-20	1-1
Louisville	540-660	720-840	60-90	60-90
Los Angeles	450-600	450-540	30-90	30-90
Milwaukee	720	810-1080	30-45	7-15
Newark	390-420	510-600	1	90-180
New Orleans	270-400	360-550	3-14	90-180
New York	450-540	450-840	50-60	75-80
Oklahoma City	420-480	420-540	60-90	60-90
Omaha	365-425	300-360	20-30	20-30
Orlando	270-300	365-485	15-30	45-55
Phoenix	720-780	900-1080	150-180	90-120
Pittsburgh	270-365	365-425	4-7	1
Portland	450	365	15	15
Sacramento	450	510	1-3	1-3
Salt Lake City	450-540	365-450	14-21	21-60
San Antonio	365-450	365-450	30-60	30-60
San Diego	718-748	503-563	48-78	60-90
San Francisco	330-365	420-450	1-10	1-30
San Juan	365-420	365	7	1
Tampa	420-450	1080-1200	10-14	45-90
Wash. DC (Arlington)	365-420	180-420	10-21	30-45

Further Instructions of 1-4:

1) I-485 Filing Until Approval

2) Naturalization Filing Until Swearing-In

3) Advance Parole Approval

4) Work Authorization Approval

AILA advises us that the statistics are reported by AILA Chapter monitors around the country and reflect average processing times or ranges of processing times as of February 20, 1999. This report is based on observations of the monitors, and has not been approved for publication by INS.