Has Number of Refused Naturalizations Increased? [split topic]

[osune22 7]

I heard that the number of denials for Naturalization has gone up recently. Anyone has better info?

[jxn 86]

The data for the fourth quarter of the 2017 fiscal year was just released. You could compare it to other recent quarters and look for any changes in trends.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-form-n-400-application-naturalization

[americanintrainin 20]

21 hours ago, osune22 said:

I heard that the number of denials for Naturalization has gone up recently. Anyone has better info?

Do you have a source for this? 

[osune22 7]

A lawyer mentioned that to me couple of days ago. That's from some of his clients are having denials.

[pdx-alemancito 1]

It seems like only this lawyer's denials are going up. Data from the last 8 quarters:

 

	Received	Adjucated	Approved	Denied	Pending	denied	approved
2017Q3	199,680	253,975	229,462	24,513	728,301	10%	90%
2017Q2	250,513	224,507	202,721	21,786	703,333	10%	90%
2017Q1	286,692	183,421	165,907	17,514	740,119	10%	90%
2016Q4	238,062	129,685	111,155	18,530	632,937	14%	86%
2016Q3	244,134	252,688	226,745	25,943	518,707	10%	90%
2016Q2	283,234	207,670	186,864	20,806	520,283	10%	90%
2016Q1	249,730	194,992	175,428	19,564	442,219	10%	90%
2015Q4	185,466	174,180	155,129	19,051	384,850	11%	89%

Note that above data is in calendar year quarters (not FY quarters as published by USCIS). Except for that spike at the end of 2016, approval/denial rates have been pretty stable.

[Ontarkie 13,915]

looks like a good reason to avoid that lawyer.