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N-400

N-400 processing times

Applies to become a U.S. citizen through naturalization.

Cases like yours (N-400) typically take about 5–6.9 months based on recent USCIS historic national median processing times.

Latest USCIS national median: 6.9 months (FY2026, All Other Application for Naturalization). Displayed band is the min–max of the latest three available fiscal-year medians.

These figures come from USCIS historic national medians (min–max of recent fiscal years for the form’s main classification), not a prediction for your case. They are not comparable to the live Case Processing Times tool.

Source: USCIS historic processing times. egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

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