USCIS field office data

USCIS San Diego Field Office

California · citizenship, green card and family petitions · data through June 30, 2026

Short answer

The San Diego office decided 962 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, −77% vs a year earlier. 12,567 N-400s are pending (+68% in a year). USCIS approved 80.2% of the N-400s it decided here (all field offices: 81.8%). 15,049 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.

This office has slowed down sharply. It decided 962 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, against 4,154 in the same quarter a year earlier. Expect a longer wait than this office's past pace suggests.

N-400 pending

12,567

+68% vs a year ago

N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026

962

a year earlier: 4,154

N-400 approval rate

80.2%

all field offices: 81.8%

Green cards (I-485) pending

15,049

+25% vs a year ago

Citizenship · San Diego

Citizenship (N-400)

962 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−77%). 12,567 pending at quarter end (+68% vs a year ago). Approval rate 80.2%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 39 months. That is how long the 12,567 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 5.4 months). It is a measure of how far behind the office is, not a prediction for any one case.

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 2,083 772 190 80.2% 12,567
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 2,046 897 164 84.5% 11,288
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 3,683 2,496 184 93.1% 8,542
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 3,890 3,898 256 93.8% 7,483
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 4,157 3,591 308 92.1% 7,626
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 3,613 3,903 238 94.3% 7,333
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 4,104 2,999 217 93.3% 7,892
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 3,523 2,851 246 92.1% 6,969
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 2,808 3,020 367 89.2% 5,921
Naturalization11,886 · 95%
Military naturalization681 · 5%

Pending by category at the end of Apr–Jun 2026.

USCIS has not published Jan–Mar 2024 or Oct–Dec 2025 data, so those quarters are blank.

Green card · San Diego

Green card (I-485)

1,615 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−34%). 15,049 pending at quarter end (+25% vs a year ago). Approval rate 92.0%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 28 months. That is how long the 15,049 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 15 months). It is a measure of how far behind the office is, not a prediction for any one case.

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 2,196 1,485 130 92.0% 15,049
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 2,074 1,958 92 95.5% 14,048
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 2,601 3,524 210 94.4% 11,595
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 2,571 2,286 159 93.5% 12,086
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 2,686 2,857 123 95.9% 12,124
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 2,720 4,738 112 97.7% 12,081
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 2,380 3,222 218 93.7% 12,538
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 2,315 3,768 147 96.2% 9,850
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 2,087 1,564 83 95.0% 9,555
Family-based4,112 · 27%
Employment-based4,370 · 29%
Humanitarian5,996 · 40%
Other571 · 4%

Pending by category at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. Employment-based cases are counted where they were received, mostly at service centers.

USCIS has not published Jan–Mar 2024 or Oct–Dec 2025 data, so those quarters are blank.

Family petitions · San Diego

Family petitions (I-130)

820 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−59%). 27,248 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 88.4%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 2,510 725 95 88.4% 27,248 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 727 1,078 59 94.8% 2,529
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 1,048 2,093 57 97.3% 2,800
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 1,037 1,928 96 95.3% 3,603
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 1,174 904 60 93.8% 4,146
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 1,049 983 41 96.0% 3,617
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 855 1,445 81 94.7% 3,074
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 1,123 1,780 58 96.8% 3,597
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 927 555 21 96.4% 3,748
Immediate relatives9,628 · 35%
Other relatives (preference)17,620 · 65%

Pending by category at the end of Apr–Jun 2026.

† Apr–Jun 2026: USCIS changed its I-130 data source this quarter; field-office pending counts jumped about 8× in one quarter, which reflects how petitions are counted, not a real surge in filings.

USCIS has not published Jan–Mar 2024 or Oct–Dec 2025 data, so those quarters are blank.

Apr–Jun 2026

How San Diego compares

N-400 pendingN-400 decisions vs year agoN-400 approval rateI-485 pending
San Diego 12,567 −77% 80.2% 15,049
All offices in California 141,579 −83% 82.0% 161,398
All U.S. field offices 742,138 −73% 81.8% 1,236,979

Other field offices

Fresno 9,722 N-400s pending Decisions −86% vs a year ago Imperial 2,042 N-400s pending Decisions −73% vs a year ago Los Angeles 11,703 N-400s pending Decisions −89% vs a year ago Los Angeles County 12,295 N-400s pending Decisions −73% vs a year ago Sacramento 15,918 N-400s pending Decisions −83% vs a year ago San Bernardino 12,397 N-400s pending Decisions −79% vs a year ago San Fernando Valley 11,337 N-400s pending Decisions −69% vs a year ago San Francisco 18,645 N-400s pending Decisions −93% vs a year ago

Questions about the USCIS San Diego field office

How long does citizenship (N-400) take at the USCIS San Diego field office?

USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the San Diego office decided 962 citizenship applications and had 12,567 pending at the end of the quarter. That is fewer decisions than a year earlier (−77%). At that pace, clearing everything pending would take about 39 months, compared with 5.4 months a year ago. Use the USCIS "Check Case Processing Times" tool for your form and office. It gives the time it takes to finish 80% of cases. The numbers on this page show whether your office is speeding up or slowing down, which that tool does not.

What is the N-400 approval rate at USCIS San Diego?

USCIS approved 80.2% of the citizenship applications it decided at San Diego in Apr–Jun 2026. The rate for all field offices was 81.8%.

How many green card applications are pending at USCIS San Diego?

15,049 I-485 applications were pending at the San Diego field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 1,615 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 92.0%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.

Why is the San Diego field office slower?

Field offices have been deciding far fewer applications in 2026 than a year earlier, while new filings keep arriving, so pending cases are piling up, and approval rates have fallen too. USCIS does not publish a reason for each office; its quarterly data shows the slowdown at almost every office at once, which points to agency-wide causes rather than anything about one office.

How do I know which USCIS field office handles my case?

Your field office is set by your home ZIP code. Your interview notice names it, and the official USCIS office locator (uscis.gov/about-us/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices) shows the office for any ZIP code.

More: USCIS field offices in California · All field offices · USCIS processing times

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Citizenship Data — quarterly Form N-400, I-485 and I-130 reports by field office, FY2024 Q1 through FY2026 Q3 (data through June 30, 2026). Counts are applications, not people. USCIS suppresses very small counts ("—"). Pending counts can shift between quarters when USCIS moves cases between offices. The data does not include international offices.