USCIS field office data
USCIS Helena Field Office
Montana · citizenship, green card and family petitions · data through June 30, 2026
Short answer
399 N-400s are pending (+45% in a year). 746 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.
N-400 pending
399
+45% vs a year ago
N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026
—
N-400 approval rate
—
all field offices: 81.8%
Green cards (I-485) pending
746
+59% vs a year ago
Citizenship · Helena
Citizenship (N-400)
399 pending at quarter end (+45% vs a year ago).
| Quarter | Approved | Approval rate | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr–Jun 2026 | 21 | — | 399 |
| Jan–Mar 2026 | 102 | — | 311 |
| Jul–Sep 2025 | 151 | — | 271 |
| Apr–Jun 2025 | 94 | — | 275 |
| Jan–Mar 2025 | 130 | 92.2% | 240 |
| Oct–Dec 2024 | 116 | 90.6% | 204 |
| Jul–Sep 2024 | 152 | — | 202 |
| Apr–Jun 2024 | 91 | — | 222 |
| Oct–Dec 2023 | 133 | — | 182 |
USCIS has not published Jan–Mar 2024 or Oct–Dec 2025 data, so those quarters are blank.
Green card · Helena
Green card (I-485)
128 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−52%). 746 pending at quarter end (+59% vs a year ago). Approval rate 98.4%.
Backlog at the current pace: 17 months. That is how long the 746 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.
| Quarter | Approved | Approval rate | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr–Jun 2026 | 126 | 98.4% | 746 |
| Jan–Mar 2026 | 177 | 97.3% | 620 |
| Jul–Sep 2025 | 396 | 99.0% | 514 |
| Apr–Jun 2025 | 261 | 98.1% | 470 |
| Jan–Mar 2025 | 271 | 97.5% | 447 |
| Oct–Dec 2024 | 83 | — | 647 |
| Jul–Sep 2024 | 65 | 85.5% | 579 |
| Apr–Jun 2024 | 42 | — | 424 |
| Oct–Dec 2023 | 83 | 100.0% | 425 |
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 · Helena
Family petitions (I-130)
36 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−63%). 958 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 97.2%.
| Quarter | Approved | Approval rate | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr–Jun 2026 | 35 | 97.2% | 958 † |
| Jan–Mar 2026 | 73 | 98.6% | 149 |
| Jul–Sep 2025 | 118 | 99.2% | 138 |
| Apr–Jun 2025 | 91 | 93.8% | 159 |
| Jan–Mar 2025 | 87 | 100.0% | 190 |
| Oct–Dec 2024 | 38 | — | 206 |
| Jul–Sep 2024 | 48 | — | 171 |
| Apr–Jun 2024 | 22 | 100.0% | 180 |
| Oct–Dec 2023 | 52 | 100.0% | 188 |
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 Helena compares
| N-400 pending | N-400 decisions vs year ago | N-400 approval rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena | 399 | — | — |
| All U.S. field offices | 742,138 | −73% | 81.8% |
Questions about the USCIS Helena field office
How long does citizenship (N-400) take at the USCIS Helena field office?
USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the Helena office decided — citizenship applications and had 399 pending at the end of the quarter. 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.
How many green card applications are pending at USCIS Helena?
746 I-485 applications were pending at the Helena field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 128 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 98.4%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.
Why is the Helena 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 Montana · 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.