USCIS field office data

USCIS Field Offices in Massachusetts

2 field offices · data through June 30, 2026

Short answer

USCIS field offices in Massachusetts decided 2,485 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026 (−68% vs a year earlier), and 31,421 are pending. The approval rate was 84.9% (all field offices: 81.8%). 29,449 green card applications are pending.

Apr–Jun 2026 · tap a column to sort

Compare Massachusetts field offices

Field office N-400 pending N-400 decisions vs year ago N-400 approval rate I-485 pending
Boston 17,385 −80% 92.1% 18,594
Lawrence 14,036 −15% 77.7% 10,855

Citizenship · all Massachusetts offices

Citizenship (N-400)

2,485 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−68%). 31,421 pending at quarter end (+47% vs a year ago). Approval rate 84.9%.

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 31,421 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 8.2 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 4,357 2,109 376 84.9% 31,421
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 4,197 2,339 282 89.2% 29,425
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 6,983 4,991 346 93.5% 22,995
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 7,736 7,225 540 93.0% 21,343
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 7,920 5,800 522 91.7% 21,082
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 7,588 4,304 415 91.2% 19,577
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 8,500 7,257 483 93.8% 16,782
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 6,741 5,696 540 91.3% 16,225
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 5,864 4,319 501 89.6% 14,442

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

Green card · all Massachusetts offices

Green card (I-485)

2,488 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−33%). 29,449 pending at quarter end (+27% vs a year ago). Approval rate 91.3%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 36 months. That is how long the 29,449 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 19 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 7,678 2,271 217 91.3% 29,449
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 5,181 2,382 138 94.5% 25,356
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 5,723 4,963 267 94.9% 23,339
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 6,201 3,535 193 94.8% 23,216
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 6,007 3,593 177 95.3% 22,915
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 6,050 3,252 163 95.2% 21,351
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 5,183 4,461 195 95.8% 18,763
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 4,833 4,542 188 96.0% 19,254
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 4,652 3,465 218 94.1% 17,925

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

Family petitions · all Massachusetts offices

Family petitions (I-130)

1,646 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−43%). 76,766 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 90.7%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 4,995 1,493 153 90.7% 76,766 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 1,615 1,534 100 93.9% 10,357
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 2,414 3,870 168 95.8% 10,293
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 2,540 2,737 133 95.4% 10,580
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 2,581 1,593 109 93.6% 10,434
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 2,286 1,674 89 95.0% 9,059
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 1,977 2,707 97 96.5% 8,567
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 2,167 2,862 130 95.7% 9,037
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 1,995 2,099 149 93.4% 8,781

† 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.

USCIS field offices in Massachusetts: questions

How many citizenship applications are pending in Massachusetts?

31,421 N-400 applications were pending at USCIS field offices in Massachusetts at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. Those offices decided 2,485 in the quarter (−68% vs a year ago).

Which USCIS field office do I go to in Massachusetts?

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.

Why are USCIS field offices slower now?

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.

All USCIS 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.