Analysis

The slowest USCIS field offices, and how far behind they are

Some offices are running queues five times longer than others on the same form.

Two people can file the same form on the same day and wait very different lengths of time, because the office holding the file decides how fast it moves. USCIS publishes what each office received, approved, denied and still had pending in FY2026 Q2. Divide the pending pile by the rate an office was clearing it and you get the queue below, in months.

The longest Naturalisation (N-400) queues

Office State Grade Queue vs national
San Francisco California F 72.3 mo +259%
Sacramento California F 65.3 mo +224%
St. Paul Minnesota F 57.5 mo +186%
San Jose California F 47.6 mo +136%
Dallas Texas F 47.3 mo +135%
Oklahoma City Oklahoma F 45.2 mo +124%
Lawrence Massachusetts F 39.1 mo +94%
Houston Texas F 36.8 mo +83%
Omaha Nebraska F 36.0 mo +79%
Las Vegas Nevada D 34.1 mo +69%

USCIS N-400 adjudications, FY2026 Q2

The longest Family petitions (I-130) queues

Office State Grade Queue vs national
Baltimore Maryland F 57.8 mo +364%
Oklahoma City Oklahoma F 35.7 mo +187%
New Orleans Louisiana F 27.5 mo +121%
Las Vegas Nevada F 23.3 mo +87%
Raleigh North Carolina F 22.4 mo +80%
Denver Colorado F 20.9 mo +68%
Boston Massachusetts F 20.1 mo +62%
St. Paul Minnesota F 20.0 mo +61%
Washington District of Columbia F 19.6 mo +58%
Kansas City Missouri D 19.1 mo +53%

USCIS I-130 adjudications, FY2026 Q2

Source — USCIS quarterly data release, FY2026 Q2. Public domain.

Every figure above is read from the USCIS quarterly data release and rebuilt each time a new one is imported — this piece was last rebuilt 23 minutes ago. Nothing here is legal advice, and ImmigrationAll is not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency.