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other processing times.
Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association Local Processing Times
Office Permanent Residence Filing Until Approval
I-485* I485i** I485***
Albuquerque 340-500 365-540 365-540
Atlanta 365-390 365-390 n/a
Baltimore 180-240 180-365 150-180
Boston 180 180 n/a
Buffalo 240-365 240-365 180-240
Charlotte 360-450 360-450 n/a
Chicago 365-420 365-420 180-365
Cincinnati 125-165 130-170 n/a
Cleveland 120-160 120-160 n/a
Dallas 390-420 390-420 330-420
Denver 240-270 240-270 240-270
Detroit n/a 120-150 120-150
El Paso 365-547 365-547 365-547
Harlingen 490 490 490
Hartford 90-100 90-100 90-100
Honolulu 90-150 90-150 90-150
Houston 545-625 545-625 n/a
Indianapolis 120-180 120-180 120-180
Kansas City 150-360 150-360 n/a
Las Vegas 300 300 n/a
Louisville 365-720 365-720 365-720
Los Angeles 365-420 265-425 120-240
Memphis 300-365 300-365 210-240
Miami 360-390 360-390 420-450
Milwaukee 560-590 560-590 n/a
New Orleans 150-240 150-240 150-240
New York 300-390 300-390 390-420
Newark 210-240 210-240 n/a
Oklahoma City 390-540 300-540 n/a
Omaha 300-365 300-365 n/a
Orlando 60 60 60
Philadelphia 180-240 180-240 90-120
Phoenix 660-690 660-690 240
Pittsburgh 90-120 90-120 180-240
Portland 510 510 510
Sacramento 270-365 270-365 270-365
San Antonio 270-300 270-300 240-270
San Francisco 240-300 240-300 n/a
San Jose 480-700 480-700 n/a
Seattle 240-300 240-300 150-210
St. Paul 180-240 180-240 n/a
Salt Lake City 270-300 270-300 270-300
Tampa 365-420 365-420 n/a
Washington DC/VA 210 n/a n/a
* 1-485 Filing Until Approval (Interview, Non-245I (Supp. A Form not filed))
** 1-485 Filing Until Approval (interview, 245i)
*** 1-485 Filing Until Approval (No Interview)
Office Naturalization Advance Parole EADs#
Filing Interview
Until Until
Interview+ Swearing
In++
Albuquerque 365-540 14-21 30-60 n/a
Atlanta 730-1095 300-365 21-30 60-90
Baltimore 240 1 1 n/a
Boston 210-240 90-120 1 1
Buffalo 120-150 90 14-21 1
Charlotte 730-790 30-90 30-60 75-90
Chicago 180-540 n/a n/a 16-30
Cincinnati 300-420 60-120 1-5 1
Cleveland 300-340 70-130 1-8 1-2
Dallas 450-520 140-180 120-180 30-600
Denver 365-540 1 21-28 21-28
Detroit 270-365 15-30 1 1
El Paso 365-547 90-180 30-45 30-45
Harlingen 450 90-120 70-90 91
Hartford 150 30 5 90
Honolulu 120-180 30-90 30-60 1
Houston 425-500 60-90 30 90-120
Indianapolis 180-210 15-45 7-10 1
Kansas City 280-375 20-75 1-20 1-90
Las Vegas 240 90 5 90
Louisville 270-365 270-365 n/a n/a
Los Angeles 365-425 30-60 2-14 90-95
Memphis 240-270 90-120 3-5 90-120
Miami 540-600 150-180 3-5 80-90
Milwaukee 500-530 60-180 7-30 135-160
New Orleans 180-360 30-360 5-21 30-150
New York 360-510 45 30-45 65-90
Newark 365-425 1 1 30-90
Oklahoma City 360-420 60-120 60-120 30-90
Omaha 180-300 30-40 10-20 30-60
Orlando 240 120 10 1-7
Philadelphia 180-365 30-90 4 90
Phoenix 450-540 210 120-150 90-150
Pittsburgh 60-90 10-40 3-9 1
Portland 600 720 30-45 1
Sacramento 270-365 60-180 1 1
San Antonio 365-395 60-90 30-60 30-60
San Francisco 300-365 30-120 1-7 1-30
San Jose 540-730 150-425 7-14 1-2
Seattle 240-300 1 10-15 14-28
St. Paul 180-240 90-120 2-4 1
Salt Lake City 270-300 60-90 60-90 90-120
Tampa 540-720 15-90 10-14 30-90
Washington DC/VA 300 14 14 n/a
+ Naturalization Filing Until Interview
++ Naturalization Interview Until Swearing-In
# Work Authorization (Non-Asylum) Approval
Texas Service Center Processing Times
The following is the Texas Service Center Processing Times
Report for the period ending April 30, 1998:
Days to Process.
Initial Receipt Time/Days
Application/Petition Process. Date From To
I-90 Replacement Card 181 10/27/97 120 180
I-90A SAW 45 03/13/98 120 180
I-102 Replacement of
Arrival Document 40 03/20/98 60 90
I-129/S New/Amended NI Worker 40 03/20/98 30 40
I-129/L New 37 03/23/98 30 40
I-129 Other 84 02/05/98 60 90
I-129 (F) Fiance(e) 46 03/13/98 30 40
I-130 Spouse 160 10/05/97 180 270
I-130 Other Relative 248 08/11/97 180 270
I-131 Reentry Permit/Ref.
Travel Doc. na Current 10 20
I-140 Immigrant Worker(1st & 2nd) 140 12/10/97 120 150
I-140 Immigrant Worker (3rd) 33 03/27/98 60 90
I-360 Pet. for Widow/Spec.
Immigrant 88 02/02/98 50 60
I-485 Adjustment 394 04/01/97 240 385
I-526 Investor 133 12/16/97 60 90
I-539 COS/EOS-Employment-Based 33 03/27/98 90 120
I-539 COS/EOS-Other 65 0/24/98 90 120
I-589 Asylum na Current 30 60
I-698 Legalization-Adj. to LPR 17 In Production 50 90
I-724 Waivers na Current 60 90
I-730 Refugees/Asylee
Relative Pet. na filed at Lincoln
I-751 Remove Conditions 17 04/13/98 60 90
I-765 Em. Auth.-Asylum Based na Current 15 30
I-765 Em. Auth.-Other 58 02/20/98 60 90
I-817 Family Unity 91 01/27/98 60 90
I-824 Actions on Approved Petition 152 11/28/97 120 180
I-829 Remove Conditions/Investor na Current 60 90
N-400 Application Naturalization n/a Preprocessing 550 730
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Vermont Service Center Processing Time
The following is the Vermont Service Center Processing Time
Report for the period ending March 31, 1998:
Receipt Notice
Processing Processing Time
for Initial in Days
Application/Petition Type Receipt Date From To
Business & Non-Immigration Services
I-129/S New Amended NI Worker 03/19/98 15 21
I-140 Immigrant Worker 03/03/98 30 60
I-360 Pet for Widow/Spec Imm 03/05/98 30 60
I-526 Investor 01/13/98 15 30
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status-
Employment-based 03/09/98 30 60
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status-
Other Current 30 60
I-829 Current 30 180
Family Services
I-129(F) Finance (e) Current 15 21
I-130 Immed Rel 03/11/98 60 90
I-130 Preference 01/02/97 200 240
I-751 Remove Conditions Current 30 45
I-817 Family Fairness Current 30 60
I-824 Actions of Approved Pet. Current 60 90
Resident Status Services
I-90-A SAW Current 30 60
I-131 Reentry Permit/Ref Travel
Doc Current 30 60
I-485 Adjustment 08/25/97 120 180
I-698 Legalization-Adjustment
to LPR Current 30 60
I-765 Employment Authorization-
Asylum Based 03/24/98 30 60
I-765 Employment Authorization-
Other 03/20/98 30 60
N-400 Naturalization Current 120 180
N-600 Application for Citizenship Current 60 90
I-90 Replacement Card 12/02/97 30 90
Miscellaneous
I-589 Asylum Not Processed
I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition Not Processed
Total Pending Applications (All Types) 443,327
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