USCIS field office data

USCIS Atlanta Field Office

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

Short answer

The Atlanta office decided 1,317 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, −76% vs a year earlier. 17,300 N-400s are pending (+26% in a year). USCIS approved 80.4% of the N-400s it decided here (all field offices: 81.8%). 25,169 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.

This office has slowed down sharply. It decided 1,317 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, against 5,476 in the same quarter a year earlier. Expect a longer wait than this office's past pace suggests.

N-400 pending

17,300

+26% vs a year ago

N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026

1,317

a year earlier: 5,476

N-400 approval rate

80.4%

all field offices: 81.8%

Green cards (I-485) pending

25,169

+6% vs a year ago

Citizenship · Atlanta

Citizenship (N-400)

1,317 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−76%). 17,300 pending at quarter end (+26% vs a year ago). Approval rate 80.4%.

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 17,300 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 7.5 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 3,710 1,059 258 80.4% 17,300
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 3,318 2,819 318 89.9% 14,776
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 5,528 5,463 351 94.0% 13,382
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 5,822 5,023 453 91.7% 13,761
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 6,290 5,356 416 92.8% 13,400
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 5,994 5,327 381 93.3% 12,839
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 6,797 6,215 391 94.1% 12,539
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 6,001 5,330 414 92.8% 12,254
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 4,929 4,734 548 89.6% 11,189
Naturalization17,164 · 99%
Military naturalization136 · 1%

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 · Atlanta

Green card (I-485)

2,905 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — about the same pace than a year earlier (+12%). 25,169 pending at quarter end (+6% vs a year ago). Approval rate 88.5%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 26 months. That is how long the 25,169 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 28 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 6,309 2,572 333 88.5% 25,169
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 4,560 2,071 153 93.1% 23,153
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 5,112 3,939 276 93.5% 21,408
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 5,523 2,352 240 90.7% 23,843
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 5,573 1,416 272 83.9% 22,647
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 5,348 947 154 86.0% 19,203
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 4,311 1,746 198 89.8% 17,243
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 4,412 2,041 270 88.3% 18,709
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 4,044 1,357 186 87.9% 20,496
Family-based10,515 · 42%
Employment-based6,338 · 25%
Humanitarian7,979 · 32%
Other337 · 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 · Atlanta

Family petitions (I-130)

2,165 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — faster than a year earlier (+17%). 51,686 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 88.9%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 3,866 1,924 241 88.9% 51,686 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 1,313 1,772 107 94.3% 9,567
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 1,975 2,963 228 92.9% 9,653
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 2,246 1,675 181 90.2% 11,629
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 2,270 887 179 83.2% 10,529
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 2,136 718 142 83.5% 8,816
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 1,685 1,216 146 89.3% 8,149
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 2,077 1,174 222 84.1% 9,104
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 1,747 851 146 85.4% 11,066
Immediate relatives19,836 · 38%
Other relatives (preference)31,850 · 62%

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 Atlanta compares

N-400 pendingN-400 decisions vs year agoN-400 approval rateI-485 pending
Atlanta 17,300 −76% 80.4% 25,169
All U.S. field offices 742,138 −73% 81.8% 1,236,979

Similar field offices

Newark, New Jersey 17,757 N-400s pending Decisions −77% vs a year ago San Antonio, Texas 18,999 N-400s pending Decisions −75% vs a year ago Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17,912 N-400s pending Decisions −80% vs a year ago Boston, Massachusetts 17,385 N-400s pending Decisions −80% vs a year ago

Questions about the USCIS Atlanta field office

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

USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the Atlanta office decided 1,317 citizenship applications and had 17,300 pending at the end of the quarter. That is fewer decisions than a year earlier (−76%). At that pace, clearing everything pending would take about 39 months, compared with 7.5 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 Atlanta?

USCIS approved 80.4% of the citizenship applications it decided at Atlanta in Apr–Jun 2026. The rate for all field offices was 81.8%.

How many green card applications are pending at USCIS Atlanta?

25,169 I-485 applications were pending at the Atlanta field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 2,905 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 88.5%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.

Why is the Atlanta 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 Georgia · 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.