USCIS field office data

USCIS San Francisco Field Office

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

Short answer

The San Francisco office decided 402 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, −93% vs a year earlier. 18,645 N-400s are pending (+83% in a year). USCIS approved 84.1% of the N-400s it decided here (all field offices: 81.8%). 18,364 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.

This office has slowed down sharply. It decided 402 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, against 5,746 in the same quarter a year earlier. Expect a longer wait than this office's past pace suggests.

N-400 pending

18,645

+83% vs a year ago

N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026

402

a year earlier: 5,746

N-400 approval rate

84.1%

all field offices: 81.8%

Green cards (I-485) pending

18,364

+26% vs a year ago

Citizenship · San Francisco

Citizenship (N-400)

402 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−93%). 18,645 pending at quarter end (+83% vs a year ago). Approval rate 84.1%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 5+ years. That is how long the 18,645 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 5.3 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 3,214 338 64 84.1% 18,645
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 3,295 472 107 81.5% 15,684
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 5,257 4,124 215 95.0% 11,119
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 5,801 5,506 240 95.8% 10,209
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 6,032 5,155 300 94.5% 10,018
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 5,675 5,220 221 95.9% 9,551
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 5,989 5,449 258 95.5% 9,332
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 4,966 5,714 390 93.6% 9,045
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 5,817 5,936 378 94.0% 12,158
Naturalization18,595 · 100%
Military naturalization50 · 0%

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 Francisco

Green card (I-485)

2,849 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−29%). 18,364 pending at quarter end (+26% vs a year ago). Approval rate 94.7%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 19 months. That is how long the 18,364 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 11 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 4,466 2,697 152 94.7% 18,364
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 3,168 1,852 120 93.9% 18,043
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 3,623 4,621 175 96.4% 15,119
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 3,684 3,885 127 96.8% 14,528
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 3,850 4,440 166 96.4% 14,573
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 4,140 4,975 117 97.7% 14,863
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 3,696 6,592 138 97.9% 14,622
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 3,568 3,161 143 95.7% 15,132
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 5,094 2,213 131 94.4% 20,845
Family-based5,730 · 31%
Employment-based5,107 · 28%
Humanitarian7,295 · 40%
Other232 · 1%

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 Francisco

Family petitions (I-130)

684 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−74%). 45,459 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 92.5%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 2,583 633 51 92.5% 45,459 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 934 982 42 95.9% 4,458
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 1,322 2,570 72 97.3% 4,026
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 1,288 2,549 60 97.7% 4,580
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 1,443 1,198 82 93.6% 5,497
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 1,346 1,631 29 98.3% 5,034
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 1,099 2,266 35 98.5% 4,810
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 1,324 1,512 44 97.2% 5,435
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 1,485 1,204 27 97.8% 6,109
Immediate relatives11,250 · 25%
Other relatives (preference)34,209 · 75%

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 Francisco compares

N-400 pendingN-400 decisions vs year agoN-400 approval rateI-485 pending
San Francisco 18,645 −93% 84.1% 18,364
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 Diego 12,567 N-400s pending Decisions −77% vs a year ago San Fernando Valley 11,337 N-400s pending Decisions −69% vs a year ago

Questions about the USCIS San Francisco field office

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

USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the San Francisco office decided 402 citizenship applications and had 18,645 pending at the end of the quarter. That is fewer decisions than a year earlier (−93%). At that pace, clearing everything pending would take about 5+ years, compared with 5.3 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 Francisco?

USCIS approved 84.1% of the citizenship applications it decided at San Francisco in Apr–Jun 2026. The rate for all field offices was 81.8%.

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

18,364 I-485 applications were pending at the San Francisco field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 2,849 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 94.7%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.

Why is the San Francisco 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.