USCIS field office data

USCIS Manchester Field Office

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

Short answer

The Manchester office decided 225 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, −64% vs a year earlier. 1,215 N-400s are pending (+2% in a year). USCIS approved 75.1% of the N-400s it decided here (all field offices: 81.8%). 2,645 green card (I-485) applications are also pending.

This office has slowed down sharply. It decided 225 citizenship applications in Apr–Jun 2026, against 631 in the same quarter a year earlier. Expect a longer wait than this office's past pace suggests.

N-400 pending

1,215

+2% vs a year ago

N-400 decisions · Apr–Jun 2026

225

a year earlier: 631

N-400 approval rate

75.1%

all field offices: 81.8%

Green cards (I-485) pending

2,645

+10% vs a year ago

Citizenship · Manchester

Citizenship (N-400)

225 citizenship applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−64%). 1,215 pending at quarter end (+2% vs a year ago). Approval rate 75.1%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 16 months. That is how long the 1,215 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 5.7 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 328 169 56 75.1% 1,215
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 369 241 42 85.2% 1,093
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 510 641 32 95.2% 1,034
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 552 570 61 90.3% 1,189
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 592 484 51 90.5% 1,241
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 515 345 36 90.6% 1,182
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 548 812 52 94.0% 1,041
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 454 395 38 91.2% 1,148
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 428 296 36 89.2% 833
Naturalization1,202 · 99%
Military naturalization13 · 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 · Manchester

Green card (I-485)

328 green card applications decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — sharply slower than a year earlier (−69%). 2,645 pending at quarter end (+10% vs a year ago). Approval rate 93.6%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

Backlog at the current pace: 24 months. That is how long the 2,645 pending would take to clear if decisions stayed at this quarter's rate and nothing new arrived (a year ago: 6.8 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 477 307 21 93.6% 2,645
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 372 395 14 96.6% 2,299
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 470 1,192 28 97.7% 1,857
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 426 1,033 25 97.6% 2,398
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 334 1,377 20 98.6% 1,665
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 402 582 10 98.3% 2,361
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 325 630 12 98.1% 1,841
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 293 488 15 97.0% 1,783
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 304 547 18 96.8% 1,754
Family-based808 · 31%
Employment-based722 · 27%
Humanitarian1,106 · 42%
Other9 · 0%

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 · Manchester

Family petitions (I-130)

233 family petitions decided in Apr–Jun 2026 — slower than a year earlier (−35%). 4,073 pending at quarter end. Approval rate 93.6%.

Approved + denied

Decisions per quarter

Waiting for a decision

Pending at quarter end

QuarterReceivedApprovedDeniedApproval ratePending
Apr–Jun 2026 FY2026 Q3 335 218 15 93.6% 4,073 †
Jan–Mar 2026 FY2026 Q2 100 225 7 97.0% 586
Jul–Sep 2025 FY2025 Q4 150 374 15 96.1% 715
Apr–Jun 2025 FY2025 Q3 141 348 9 97.5% 887
Jan–Mar 2025 FY2025 Q2 149 198 7 96.6% 572
Oct–Dec 2024 FY2025 Q1 136 262 — — 558
Jul–Sep 2024 FY2024 Q4 107 216 — — 550
Apr–Jun 2024 FY2024 Q3 110 247 — — 619
Oct–Dec 2023 FY2024 Q1 121 216 — — 646
Immediate relatives1,484 · 36%
Other relatives (preference)2,589 · 64%

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 Manchester compares

N-400 pendingN-400 decisions vs year agoN-400 approval rateI-485 pending
Manchester 1,215 −64% 75.1% 2,645
All U.S. field offices 742,138 −73% 81.8% 1,236,979

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Questions about the USCIS Manchester field office

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

USCIS does not publish one exact wait for each office. In Apr–Jun 2026, the Manchester office decided 225 citizenship applications and had 1,215 pending at the end of the quarter. That is fewer decisions than a year earlier (−64%). At that pace, clearing everything pending would take about 16 months, compared with 5.7 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 Manchester?

USCIS approved 75.1% of the citizenship applications it decided at Manchester in Apr–Jun 2026. The rate for all field offices was 81.8%.

How many green card applications are pending at USCIS Manchester?

2,645 I-485 applications were pending at the Manchester field office at the end of Apr–Jun 2026. It decided 328 in the quarter, with an approval rate of 93.6%. Employment-based cases are mostly decided at service centers, so most of these are family-based or humanitarian.

Why is the Manchester 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 New Hampshire · 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.