USCIS field office data

USCIS Indianapolis Field Office

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

Short answer

The Indianapolis office decided 609 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, −74% vs a year earlier. 7,616 N-400s are pending (+54% in a year). USCIS approved 89.2% of the N-400s it decided here (all field offices: 81.8%). 12,853 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.

This office has slowed down sharply. It decided 609 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, against 2,311 in the same quarter a year earlier. Expect a longer wait than this office's past pace suggests.

N-400 pending

7,616

+54% vs a year ago

N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026

609

a year earlier: 2,311

N-400 approval rate

89.2%

all field offices: 81.8%

Green cards (I-485) pending

12,853

+31% vs a year ago

Citizenship · Indianapolis

Citizenship (N-400)

609 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−74%). 7,616 pending at quarter end (+54% vs a year ago). Approval rate 89.2%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 38 months. That is how long the 7,616 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 6.4 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 1,138 543 66 89.2% 7,616
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 1,087 637 68 90.4% 7,049
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 2,043 1,516 199 88.4% 5,307
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 1,955 2,053 258 88.8% 4,946
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 2,334 1,450 225 86.6% 5,266
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 2,002 1,499 221 87.2% 4,633
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 2,351 1,505 254 85.6% 4,340
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 2,058 1,577 230 87.3% 3,727
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 1,770 1,394 317 81.5% 3,076
Naturalization7,540 · 99%
Military naturalization76 · 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 · Indianapolis

Green card (I-485)

540 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−47%). 12,853 pending at quarter end (+31% vs a year ago). Approval rate 83.0%.

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 12,853 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 29 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 2,196 448 92 83.0% 12,853
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 2,082 893 73 92.4% 11,190
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 2,429 1,608 136 92.2% 9,561
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 2,743 909 116 88.7% 9,844
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 2,286 1,441 89 94.2% 8,722
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 2,410 1,607 91 94.6% 8,629
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 1,933 1,805 106 94.5% 8,145
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 2,010 2,013 90 95.7% 8,203
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 1,672 1,701 168 91.0% 6,369
Family-based3,768 · 29%
Employment-based2,429 · 19%
Humanitarian6,537 · 51%
Other119 · 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 · Indianapolis

Family petitions (I-130)

190 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−71%). 18,191 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 71.1%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 1,462 135 55 71.1% 18,191 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 450 450 42 91.5% 2,661
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 670 860 111 88.6% 2,809
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 687 558 92 85.8% 3,101
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 656 601 86 87.5% 2,993
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 651 674 78 89.6% 2,806
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 566 898 89 91.0% 2,756
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 641 978 74 93.0% 3,095
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 591 743 123 85.8% 2,611
Immediate relatives7,343 · 40%
Other relatives (preference)10,848 · 60%

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 Indianapolis compares

N-400 pendingN-400 decisions vs year agoN-400 approval rateI-485 pending
Indianapolis 7,616 −74% 89.2% 12,853
All U.S. field offices 742,138 −73% 81.8% 1,236,979

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Questions about the USCIS Indianapolis field office

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

USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the Indianapolis office decided 609 citizenship applications and had 7,616 pending at the end of the quarter. That is fewer decisions than a year earlier (−74%). At that pace, clearing everything pending would take about 38 months, compared with 6.4 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 Indianapolis?

USCIS approved 89.2% of the citizenship applications it decided at Indianapolis in Apr–Jun 2026. The rate for all field offices was 81.8%.

How many green card applications are pending at USCIS Indianapolis?

12,853 I-485 applications were pending at the Indianapolis field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 540 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 83.0%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.

Why is the Indianapolis 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 Indiana · 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.