Workflow for where N-400 is sent

[jxn 86]

I'm just wondering where the N-400 application gets sent over the course of its adjudication.

 

Based on the state you live in, you sent it either to Lewisville/Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ; or Chicago, IL (assuming you don't file online).

 

After acceptance, it then gets sent to the National Benefits Center.

 

From there, I'm assuming it gets sent to the applicant's local field office. But at what stage? After fingerprints but before interview scheduling?

 

Does one check his or her local field office only for N-400 processing times? Is there a way to see the processing times or backlog for the three lockbox locations and NBC with regards to the N-400?

[Yuliya Lipina 64]

7 hours ago, jxn said:

I'm just wondering where the N-400 application gets sent over the course of its adjudication.

 

Based on the state you live in, you sent it either to Lewisville/Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ; or Chicago, IL (assuming you don't file online).

 

After acceptance, it then gets sent to the National Benefits Center.

 

From there, I'm assuming it gets sent to the applicant's local field office. But at what stage? After fingerprints but before interview scheduling?

 

Does one check his or her local field office only for N-400 processing times? Is there a way to see the processing times or backlog for the three lockbox locations and NBC with regards to the N-400?

I don't think that exact process and steps within USCIS are public knowledge. Offices post what priority dates they are processing, however that information is not always accurate. All that is left to us is to wonder and guess.