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September 10, 2008
N-400 Naturalization Processing Times and FBI Background Check Times are Improving, According to the USCIS
On September 9, 2008, the USCIS announced that it continues to make progress on processing times for N-400 applications for naturalization. It announced that there has been a decline in the number of pending FBI name checks for N-400 applicants. Specifically, there were 269,943 name checks pending on May 6, 2008 and as of August 12, 2008, that number has been reduced to 95,449.
Also, on May 6, 2008, there were 185,162 name checks pending for more than six month but as of August 12, 2008, that number had been reduced to 61,817.
The USCIS says that it anticipates that naturalization application processing will average 10-12 months nationally by the end of September, 2008.
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