GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES
Last
Updated 20 February 2001
|
District
or Suboffice |
Permanent
Residence |
Naturalization |
Advance |
Work |
|
Albuquerque
|
550-740
|
270-365
|
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
|
183-365
|
15
|
1-90
|
|
Charlotte
|
730
|
480-950
|
30-45
|
30-45
|
|
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
|
600-720
|
540-720
|
2-5
|
1
|
|
Detroit
|
450-480
|
480-540
|
45-60
|
60-90
|
|
El
Paso |
1185-1275
|
1000-1095
|
7-14
|
7-14
|
|
Harlingen
|
1138
|
820
|
162
|
91
|
|
Hartford
|
60-90 |
180-210
|
10 |
60-90
|
|
Honolulu
|
110-135
|
180-270
|
10-15
|
1
|
|
Houston
|
1095-1278
|
365-548
|
30 |
90 |
|
Indianapolis
|
365-555 |
210-270
|
1-30 |
1 |
|
Kansas
City |
150-210 |
180-240 |
1-21
|
30-90 |
|
Las
Vegas |
450-550
|
300-350
|
N/a
|
90
|
|
Louisville
|
1095-1217 |
426-608 |
122-152 |
122-152 |
|
Los
Angeles |
900-1095 |
210-365 |
80-120
|
30-45
|
|
Memphis
|
840-870 |
300-330
|
30-35
|
80-100
|
|
Miami
|
270-360
|
270-330
|
3-4
|
90-110
|
|
Milwaukee
|
605-940
|
330
|
32-70
|
14-21 |
|
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
|
1247-1308
|
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
|
120-420
|
390-480
|
1-60
|
1-90
|
|
Salt
Lake City |
480-500
|
150-180
|
14-21
|
45 |
|
San
Antonio |
660-690
|
180-210
|
30-60 |
30-60 |
|
San
Diego |
720-750 |
1-5 |
15-45 |
300-330 |
|
San
Francisco |
365-426 |
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 |
120-180 |
90-180
|
1-3
|
1
|
|
Tampa
|
270-365 |
210-265 |
10-14
|
60-90
|
|
Wash,
DC (Arlington) |
546-608 |
243-365 |
30
|
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)