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I’ll be eligible to apply for naturalisation next year. N-400 processing times for the SF office are currently 14.5-17.5 months, compared to 9.1 months national
by laurencerowe 6y ago
I’ll be eligible to apply for naturalisation next year. N-400 processing times for the SF office are currently 14.5-17.5 months, compared to 9.1 months nationally and 5.6 months 4 years ago. Speculatively, is this something the new administration could remedy quickly?
- proberts 6y agoThe expanded processing time is the product of the pandemic (shut down of offices, their limited capacity, and the backlogs) and political priorities. The Obama Administration made the expeditious processing of naturalization applications a priority and reduced the processing time to around 6 months on average. We will still feel the effects of the pandemic for some time but if the Biden Administration makes the processing of naturalization applications a priority, then the average processing could go down, and probably significantly.
- laurencerowe 6y agoThanks! I'll keep my fingers crossed.
- sverhagen 6y agoI submitted my application online a few weeks ago and it's saying both "We are taking longer than expected" and "Estimated case completion time: May 2021 (6 months)". Is that date wholly unrealistic then?