N-400 Processing Times are Improving – According to the Government
The U.S.C.I.S. announced on August 11th that it is still making progress in reducing the backlog on the many N-400 naturalization applications it received last year. Now, the processing of most N-400 applications, according to the government, is taking an average of 10-12 months nationally or will by the end of September 2008.
In Philadelphia, the U.S.C.I.S. says that by September, 2008, N-400 applications will average 10 months to process. By comparison, the processing time in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey is expected to be only 5 months.
The reality in my practice is that processing times can still take much longer and I continue to successfully file Writs of Mandamus in federal court in an effort to force the government to process long-pending N-400 naturalization applications and I-485 adjustment of status applications.
