N-400 Processing Times by Local Offices are Projected by the USCIS – A Philadelphia Example
On April 22, 2008, the USCIS released its latest projected processing times for N-400 naturalization applications at local offices filed during the summer of 2007 when 460,00- N-400s were filed--three times the prior monthly record.
Here is the USCIS memo with all the processing times listed by city. The processing times are projections by the end of September, 2008. The projection for the Philadelphia office is 11.8 months.
Anecdotally, here is the time frame for the most recent naturalization interview notice I just received for a client of mine in Philadelphia. We filed the N-400 with the Vermont Service Center on October 26, 2007, biometrics were taken on February 7, 2008 and the naturalization interview is now scheduled for June 10, 2008. So, at least in one case, where there are no complicating factors, the process is taking somewhat less than the projected time.
