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GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES
Local INS Office Processing Times
Last Updated 20 March 2000
District or Suboffice 
Permanent Residence
Filing Until Approval
I-485 (1) 
Naturalization
Filing Until 
Swearing In (2) 
Advance
Parole
Approval (3) 
Work
Authorization
Approval (4) 
Albuquerque 
540-720 
300-365 
14-21 
14-21 
Atlanta 
730-1095 
90-730 
30-90 
75-90 
Baltimore 
600 
365 
1 
80-90 
Boston 
n/a 
n/a 
1 
1 
Buffalo 
200-300 
365-390 
2-15 
1-14 
Charlotte 
730 
240-1095 
30-60 
80-90 
Chicago 
540-720 
540-720 
1 
15-21 
Cincinnati 
360-450 
150-510 
21 
1 
Cleveland 
365-450 
365 
30 
1 
Dallas 
870-900 
500-550 
60 
120-150 
Denver 
540-720 
180-240 
2-10 
42-56 
Detroit 
450-480 
480-540 
45-60 
60-90 
El Paso 
900 
780 
14 
7-14 
Harlingen 
1082 
940 
162 
91 
Hartford 
150-180 
180-365 
10 
60-90 
Honolulu 
240-300 
30-60 
3-7 
1 
Houston 
1125-1200 
700-760 
30 
90 
Indianapolis 
180-365 
180-365 
1-21 
1 
Kansas City 
120-210 
180-300 
1-30 
1-90 
Las Vegas 
480-540 
390-450 
5-10 
90-100 
Louisville 
900 
720 
60 
60 
Los Angeles 
660-810 
30-90 
30-60 
30-45 
Memphis 
630-690 
420-450 
30-60 
80-100 
Miami 
360-540 
360-540 
3-5 
80-120 
Milwaukee 
840-930 
390-940 
24-90 
42-90 
Newark 
360-420 
270-540 
1 
60-90 
New Orleans 
270-360 
270-360 
5-15 
15-90 
New York 
480- 
360-1080 
80-90 
75-90 
Oklahoma City 
300-380 
360-480 
60-90 
30-60 
Omaha 
545-730 
300-365 
20-30 
20-30 
Orlando 
540 
720 
50 
90 
Phoenix 
1110-1170 
90-120 
90-120 
90 
Philadelphia 
75 
330-365 
4-7 
1-2 
Pittsburgh 
300-365 
365-425 
4-7 
1 
Portland 
1050 
240 
21-30 
21-30 
Sacramento 
450 
290 
1-30 
1 
Salt Lake City 
540-600 
200-365 
14 
48-60 
San Antonio 
600-650 
365-400 
60-90 
60-90 
San Diego 
900-930 
450-840 
30-60 
1-60 
San Francisco 
420-450 
365-540 
1-10 
1 
San Jose 
730-975 
180-1400 
14-21 
1 
Seattle 
120-180 
360-390 
10-20 
20-30 
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