N-400 Naturalization Applications – USCIS Announces Progress on the Backlog and on Processing Times
On April 2, 2008, the USCIS announced an update to its N-400 Application for Naturalization processing times and it’s reporting progress on the backlog and a projection that processing times will be shorter than previously announced. It’s basing the numbers on the work it has already done during the first six months of this fiscal year on N-400s.
By the end of this fiscal year (September 1, 2008), the USCIS expects to complete 36 % more naturalization applications that it did last year and the expected time it will take to complete a naturalization case, will averaging 13-15 months rather than the 16-18 month projection that USCIS made only six months ago.
The USCIS credits the fact that it has added nearly 3,000 new employees, detailing employees to work in the most heavily affected offices, quadrupling the funding for overtime and using Asylum Office facilities and staff to conduct naturalization interviews.
So good news for a change on processing times.
