PERM Tracker
Live DOL data · Automatic deadlines
Skip to main content

Updated

N-400 processing time

Application for Naturalization

A permanent resident files it to become a U.S. citizen, usually after three or five years.

USCIS decided half its every n-400 but military N-400s within 9.5 months in FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026), its median.

Median, FY26 Q3

9.5 months

2.1 months slower than FY26 Q2

Every N-400 but military

Waiting at the quarter's end

742,138

12% more than FY26 Q2

Every N-400 line, FY26 Q3

Received in the quarter

145,872

4% more than FY26 Q2

FY26 Q3

Approved, of those decided

82%

3 points below FY26 Q2

57,697 approved, 12,842 denied

Median months, quarter by quarter

Half of each quarter's decided N-400s took less time than this. FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) to FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026).

  • Every N-400 but military

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    N-400, Every N-400 but military: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 5.2
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 5
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 4.7
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 5.5
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 5.6
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 5.5
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 5.7
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 6.2
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 7.4
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 9.5

  • Military

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    N-400, Military: median months to a decision, each quarter
    Period months
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 5.2
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 5
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 4.7
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 2
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 2.9
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 2.3
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 3.2
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 2.8
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 3.7
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 2.6

A dashed frame is a quarter whose workbook no one kept: USCIS keeps only its last four quarters, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of FY24 Q2.

What USCIS took in, decided and had waiting

Every N-400 line together, each quarter.

  • Received

    276,008

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    N-400: received, each quarter
    Period received
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 195,710
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 240,526
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 276,008
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 241,019
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 265,688
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 251,467
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 241,728
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 252,190
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 140,767
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 145,872

  • Decided

    264,614

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    N-400: decided, each quarter
    Period decided
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 200,317
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 241,691
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 225,774
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 222,790
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 258,146
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 264,614
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 238,066
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 165,511
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 98,481
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 70,539

  • Waiting at the quarter's end

    742,138

    FY24 Q1 FY26 Q3
    • No record for this period
    N-400: waiting at the quarter's end, each quarter
    Period waiting
    FY2024 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2023) 400,445
    FY2024 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2024) No record
    FY2024 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2024) 470,561
    FY2024 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2024) 514,866
    FY2025 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2024) 531,872
    FY2025 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2025) 536,119
    FY2025 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2025) 529,018
    FY2025 Q4 (Jul to Sep 2025) 534,458
    FY2026 Q1 (Oct to Dec 2025) 620,920
    FY2026 Q2 (Jan to Mar 2026) 660,692
    FY2026 Q3 (Apr to Jun 2026) 742,138

Medians from FY2016

The only longer history USCIS has published for its medians, one figure a fiscal year.

  • Every N-400 but military

    FY2016 FY2024
    • Still filling
    N-400, Every N-400 but military: median months each fiscal year, FY2016 to FY2024
    Period months
    FY2016 5.2
    FY2017 7.9
    FY2018 9.7
    FY2019 10
    FY2020 9.1
    FY2021 11.5
    FY2022 10.5
    FY2023 6.1
    FY2024 5.2 so far

FY2024 there covers October 2023 to January 2024 only (hatched), as USCIS's factsheet says. The factsheet is dated 2024-03-05.

Where to go next

Other forms

Why USCIS's own case page shows a different time

This is USCIS's median: half of the cases it finished in a quarter took less time than this. Its processing-times page prints a different figure, the time within which it finished 80% of recent cases, so it reads longer. Both are USCIS's, and the hub sets them side by side for the I-140.

USCIS quarterly form data through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

USCIS quarterly form data: USCIS quarterly all-forms performance data (uscis.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

What this data includes

USCIS quarterly form data: Every USCIS form's receipts, approvals, denials, pending count and MEDIAN months to a decision, per quarter, as USCIS publishes them. The median isn't the 80th-percentile figure on USCIS's processing-times page.

Cite this page

Waiting on a PERM case?

  • When it'll likely be decided
  • An email when DOL moves it

It's on your ETA-9089 receipt.

Don't have the number? Find a case by employer name.