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GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES
 
Local INS Office Processing Times
Last Updated 20 December 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 
540-740 
365-570 
14-21 
14-21 
Atlanta 
910—1095 
180-365 
60-90 
75-120 
Baltimore 
600 
365 
1 
80-90 
Boston 
183 
14 
1 
1 
Buffalo 
183-242 
183-365 
15 
1-30 
Charlotte 
730 
480-950 
90-120 
90-120 
Chicago 
548-801 
242-304 
1-2 
93-124 
Cincinnati 
360-450 
150-510 
21 
1 
Cleveland 
15-18 
365 
30 
1 
Dallas 
1005-1035 
240-270 
150-180 
180-210 
Denver 
600-675 
240-720 
2-5 
1 
Detroit 
450-480 
480-540 
45-60 
60-90 
El Paso 
780-1185 
870-1000 
7-14 
7-14 
Harlingen 
1138 
820 
162 
91 
Hartford 
90-120 
180-365 
10 
60 
Honolulu 
110-135 
180-270 
10-15 
1 
Houston 
1095-1278 
548-730 
30-45 
60-90 
Indianapolis 
365-555 
210-270 
1-30 
1 
Kansas City 
90-150 
180-310 
1-21 
1-14 
Las Vegas 
450-550 
300-350 
N/a 
90 
Louisville 
730-913 
300-375 
45-60 
45-60 
Los Angeles 
750-930 
30-90 
60-90 
30-45 
Memphis 
960-1020 
330-365 
35-42 
80-100 
Miami 
270-360 
270-330 
3-4 
90-110 
Milwaukee 
605-940 
330 
32-60 
5-20 
Newark 
360-420 
270-480 
1 
90-120 
New Orleans 
365-520 
180-520 
30-60 
7-120 
New York 
540 
330-720 
90-106 
90-100 
Oklahoma City 
150-180 
120-210 
30-60 
14-21 
Omaha 
730-910 
300-365 
20-30 
10-20 
Orlando 
540 
720 
50 
90 
Phoenix 
1218-1249 
1187-1218 
90-120 
1-90 
Philadelphia 
75 
330-365 
4-7 
1-2 
Pittsburgh 
180-270 
365-425 
4-7 
1 
Portland 
1050 
240 
21-30 
21-30 
Sacramento 
450 
290 
1-30 
1 
Salt Lake City 
480-500 
150-180 
14-21 
45 
San Antonio 
630-690 
180-240 
60-90 
60-90 
San Diego 
780-810 
330-390 
30-45 
1-5 
San Francisco 
395-426 
213-244 
1-14 
1 
San Jose 
960-1080 
720-1170 
10-21 
1-2 
Seattle 
120-180 
360-390 
10-20 
20-30 
St. Paul 
90-150 
120-180 
3-5 
1 
Tampa 
304-365 
304-365 
14 
80-120 
Wash, DC (Arlington) 
546-608 
243-365 
30-90 
30-90 
  
  
  
  
  

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

Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association (not approved by INS)