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What are USCIS field office wait times for naturalization interviews as of November 2025?
Executive summary
USCIS publishes per‑field‑office processing-time data for Form N‑400 (naturalization) on its Case Processing Times tool; the agency’s public datasets and advocacy sites in 2025 report that naturalization was among the fastest‑moving case types that year, with many observers noting median national times below one year and continued variation by local field office [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not provide a single, complete table of every field office’s November 2025 N‑400 interview wait time in the materials you supplied — instead, they point users to the USCIS processing‑times page and downloadable datasets for office‑level details [1] [4] [5].
1. USCIS publishes field‑office N‑400 timelines — but you must look up your office
USCIS’s official Case Processing Times tool is the primary source for naturalization (Form N‑400) timelines and lets users select form type and the specific field office; the tool’s “Field Office Locator” is the route to find local interview and completion cycle dates [1] [5]. The Homeland Security recap explains that processing times are posted monthly after a 45‑day quality check and are calculated from the agency’s Office of Performance and Quality data reported by field offices [6]. In short: to know your interview wait time for November 2025 you need to consult the USCIS tool for the particular field office handling your case [1] [6].
2. National picture: naturalization was relatively fast in 2025, but “fast” hides big local differences
Multiple 2025 explainers and roundups state that naturalization (N‑400) was moving faster than many other case types and reached its quickest national median since 2016, with many applicants experiencing sub‑year timelines; public commentary cites national medians in the ballpark of months rather than years [2] [3]. However, these same sources emphasize that field offices differ — some urban offices handle much higher volumes and therefore show longer cycle times than smaller‑market offices [2] [7]. That means a short national median does not guarantee short waits at every office [3] [7].
3. Where to find exact November 2025 field‑office numbers (and why reporters point to USCIS data files)
For office‑level N‑400 processing times, USCIS provides downloadable datasets and historic processing‑time tables that include “Form N‑400 by ... Field Office Location” tables; those agency data products are the authoritative source for office‑by‑office medians and processing ranges [4]. Several legal and consumer sites instruct readers to use the official site or linked field‑office tables rather than quoting static national summaries — because the official pages and XLSX files are what report the office‑specific timelines for a given month [8] [4] [5].
4. Interpreting USCIS “processing times” — medians, outer ranges, and “all field offices” averages
Third‑party guides explain that USCIS processing times typically present a median (50% completed by this time) and an outer range (e.g., 80% or 93% completion benchmarks depending on the presentation); some 2025 UI changes also allow choosing “all field offices” to view a blended average [9] [10]. Advocates and law firms therefore caution readers: medians tell you where half of cases finish, but your personal wait may be longer or shorter depending on backlog, RFE requests, transfers, or staffing at your field office [9] [10].
5. Practical steps to get a November 2025 snapshot for your interview wait
Go to the USCIS Case Processing Times page, select Form N‑400 and your specific field office (or “all field offices” for an average), and consult either the web chart or the agency’s downloadable data to see the office’s reported median and range as of November 2025 [1] [4] [5]. If your receipt shows the National Benefits Center as the office, guidance is explicit that you should check your local field office times instead for interview scheduling expectations [5]. If you need help locating an office, use USCIS’s Field Office Locator as directed on the processing‑times pages [1].
6. Limits, caveats and competing perspectives
Public legal blogs and immigration‑help sites uniformly tell applicants to rely on USCIS’s live tool for precise office numbers and note that third‑party roundups may generalize a national trend [3] [7]. The supplied sources do not include a consolidated November 2025 table of every field‑office N‑400 interview wait time to quote here; therefore I have not supplied specific office‑by‑office figures — available sources do not mention a single aggregated list in your query’s materials [4] [1]. Finally, while advocacy and firm sites describe N‑400 as “fastest since 2016,” they also warn that local variations and case‑specific issues can produce much longer waits for some applicants [2] [3].
If you want, I can (A) pull the USCIS November 2025 N‑400 numbers for two or three specific field offices you name using the official tool and datasets cited above [1] [4], or (B) walk through step‑by‑step how to read the USCIS XLSX field‑office tables for November 2025 so you can extract your office’s reported median and outer‑range times yourself [4] [5].