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GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES

Note: We publish all times available to us. Please do not send request
for other processing times. Please also note that your case time may
not be as fast (or as slow) as reported below.

Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association Local Processing Times

Local Processing Times [Note: If these times look familiar its because
they are the same as published in our August newsletter.
We have not received new times for this month, so these statistics
are not as up to date as normal].


Office              Permanent Residence Filing Until Approval      
                    I-485*        I485i**      I485***                   

Albuquerque         565-745       565-745      565-745
Atlanta             365-395       365-395      n/a
Baltimore           180-240       180-365      150-180
Boston              240           240          n/a
Buffalo             210-365       210-360      210-360
Charlotte           425-485       425-485      n/a
Chicago             180-365       180-365      180-300
Cincinnati          120-140       120-140      n/a
Cleveland           124-160       124-160      n/a
Dallas              390-420       390-420      420-330
Denver              270-300       270-300      270-300
Detroit             n/a           120-150      120-150
El Paso             480-570       365-547      480-540
Harlingen           490           490          490
Hartford            90-100        90-100       90-100
Honolulu            120-160       120-160      n/a        
Houston             690-725       690-725      n/a
Indianapolis        120-180       120-180      120-180
Kansas City         120-240       120-240      n/a
Las Vegas           300           300          n/a
Louisville          365-540       365-540      365-540                        
Los Angeles         365-485       365-485      240-300
Memphis             300-365       300-365      210-240
Miami               360-390       360-390      360-390
Milwaukee           575-600       575-600      n/a
New Orleans         180-360       180-360      180-360
New York            300-390       300-390      390-420
Newark              210-240       210-240      n/a
Oklahoma City       270-365       270-365      270-365       
Omaha               365-420       365-420      n/a
Orlando             60            60           60
Philadelphia        150-180       150-180      150-180
Phoenix             690-720       690-720      240
Pittsburgh          90-120        90-120       180-240
Portland            240-365       240-365      240-365
Sacramento          365           365          365
San Antonio         360-420       360-420      360-420
San Francisco       300-365       300-365      n/a
San Jose            548-730       548-730      n/a
Seattle             240-300       240-300      150-210
St. Paul            180-240       180-240      n/a
Salt Lake City      270-300       270-300      270-300
Tampa               365-450       365-450      n/a
Washington DC/VA    210           n/a          n/a

*     1-485 Filing Until Approval (Interview, Non-245I (Supp. A Form not filed))
**   1-485 Filing Until Approval (interview, 245i)
***  1-485 Filing Until Approval (No Interview) 


Office           Naturalization  Advance      Parole   EADs#
                 Filing          Interview
                 Until           Until                                                                                                                                                             
                 Interview+      Swearing                                         
                                 In++



Albuquerque      565-745         14-21         30-60     n/a
Atlanta          730-1095        330-365       21-30     75-90
Baltimore        240             1             1         n/a
Boston           300             90            1         1
Buffalo          360-390         60-90         10-20     1
Charlotte        730-790         30-90         10-30     75-90
Chicago          540-720         30-60         1         30
Cincinnati       300-360         120-180       3-8       1-2
Cleveland        300-360         120-180       3-8       1-2
Dallas           450-520         140-180       120-180   30-60
Denver           365-515         1             21-28     28-35
Detroit          270-365         15-30         1         1
El Paso          480-570         30            21-30     21-30
Harlingen        450             90-120        162       91
Hartford         150             30            5         90
Honolulu         150-190         20-30         2-7       1
Houston          480-520         60-90         30        90-120
Indianapolis     180-210         15-45         7-10      1
Kansas City      180-240         20-50         1-21      1-90
Las Vegas        240             90            5         90
Louisville       365-540         30            21        21
Los Angeles      365-485         30-60         15-60     15-21
Memphis          240-270         90-120        3-5       90-120
Miami            360-390         90-120        3-5       90-120
Milwaukee        545-570         60-180        7-30      60-90
New Orleans      270-550         30-360        5-21      90-180
New York         360-510         45            30-45     65-90
Newark           365-425         1             1         30-90
Oklahoma City    365-540         90-120        30-90     30-90
Omaha            300-365         30-40         10-30     10-30
Orlando          240             120           300       30-210
Philadelphia     270-360         30-60         4         90-120
Phoenix          540-630         210           120-150   150
Pittsburgh       60-90           10-40         3-9       1
Portland         720             60-90         7         21
Sacramento       515             30-90         1-3       1
San Antonio      360-390         90-150        60-80     60-90
San Francisco    390-480         30-120        30-210    1-30
San Jose         240-730         30-640        2-14      1-2
Seattle          240-300         1             10-15     14-28
St. Paul         180-240         90-120        2-4       1
Salt Lake City   270-300         60-90         60-90     90-120
Tampa            720-900         14-64         14-21     24-48
Washington DC/VA 300             14            14        n/a

+    Naturalization Filing Until Interview
++   Naturalization Interview Until Swearing-In
#    Work Authorization (Non-Asylum) Approval


The following is the NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER Processing Time
Report for the period ending July 31, 1998:

                                                  Receipt Notice
                                   Processing     Processing Time
                                   for Initial    in Days
Application/Petition Type          Receipt Date   From To

I-90 Replacement Card              10/13/97       291  321
I-90A Saw                          02/09/98       172  202
I-102 Replacement of Arrival 
Document                           09/30/97       304  334
I-129/S New Amended NI Worker      06/26/98       35   65
I-129/F Fiance(e)                  06/22/98       40   70
I-130 Spouse US                    03/16/98       139  169
I-130 Spouse                       03/29/97       480  510
I-130 Other Relatives              09/22/97       312  342
I-131 Reentry Permit/Ref Travel Doc  06/10/98     50   90  
I-131 Advance Parole               06/30/98       30   60
I-140 Immigrant Worker             03/10/98       143  173
I-360 Pet for Widow/Spec. Imm.     06/17/98       45   75
I-485 Adjustment                   10/15/97       289  310
I-526 Investor                     07/20/98       10   40
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status      03/16/98       137  167  
I-589 Asylum                  Not adjudicated     15   30
I-698 Legalization-Adjustments 
to LPR                             None pending   15   45
I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative 
Petition                           05/20/97       428  458
I-751 Remove Conditions            07/13/98       20   50
I-765 Employment Authorization-A5  07/17/98       15   45
I-765 Employment Authorization-
Other                              05/13/98       79   109
I-817 Family Unity                 10/01/97       303  333
I-824 Actions of Approved 
Petitions                          03/21/98       132  162
I-829 Removal Conditions 
(Investors)                        None Pending   15   30
N-400 Naturalization          Not Adjudicated     540  600
N-600 Application for 
Citizenship                   Not Adjudicated     15   120
I-724 All Waivers                  01/22/98       171  201

Total Pending Applications 
(All types, pending first time adj.)    125,294


The following is the TEXAS SERVICE CENTER Processing Times
Report for the period ending July 31, 1998.

                                   Days to        Process. 
                                   Initial   Receipt   Time/Days
Application/Petition               Process.  Date      From To

I-90 Replacement Card              251       11/20/97  120  180
I-90A Saw                          21        07/10/98  120  180
I-102 Replacement of Arrival 
Document                           131       03/20/98  60   90
I-129/S New/Amended NI Worker      137       03/16/98  30   40
I-129 New                          00        Current   30   40
I-129 Other                        148       03/02/98  90   120
I-129(F) Fiance(e)                 00        Current   30   40
I-130 Spouse                       210       01/02/98  180  270
I-130 Other Relative               257       11/13/97  180  270  
I-131 Reentry Permit/Ref. Travel 
Doc.                               na        Current   10   20
I-140 Immigrant Worker (1st & 2nd) 198       01/13/98  150  180
I-140 Immigrant Worker (3rd)       73        05/18/98  60   90
I-360 Pet. for Widow/Spec. 
Immigrant                          195       01/15/98  90   150  
I-485 Adjustment                   300       09/01/97  240  365
I-526 Investor                     284       10/17/97  30   60
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status-
Employment-Based                   30        05/30/98  90   120
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status-
Other                              52        06/08/98  90   120
I-589 Asylum                       n/a       Current   30   60
I-698 Legalization-Adjustment to 
LPR                                00        Current   60   90
I-724 Waivers                      n/a       Current   60   90
I-730 Refugees/Asylee Relative Pet. n/a      filed at Lincoln
I-751 Remove Conditions            21        07/09/98  60   90
I-765 Em. Auth.-Asylum Based       n/a       Current   15   30
I-765 Em. Auth.-Other              37        06/23/98  60   90
I-817 Family Unity                 169       02/11/98  60   90   
I-824 Actions on Approved Petition 178       02/02/98  120  180
I-829 Remove Conditions/Investor   101       04/20/98  30   60
N-400 Application Naturalization   n/a  Preprocessing  550  730
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