Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization): At a typical office, half of N-400 cases finish within about 10.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 12.1 months. The full range across case types and offices runs from 7 months to 20.5 months (USCIS data, July 15, 2026).
Trend: a year ago, a typical office's median for N-400 was 8 months; today it is 10 months — about 2 months slower than last year.
Processed at 90 offices. At a typical office, half of cases finish within about 10.5 months and 8 in 10 within about 12.1 months. The fastest offices report medians near 7 months, while the slowest report nearly-all times of 20.5 months. Office-by-office numbers are on each office page.
Use the Processing Times tool to add your filing date and see a personalized estimate for your pending case, or explore the Department of Labor queues and the Visa Bulletin waiting line on the same page.