Seattle Office Process Slows Q1 2019

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Compare 2018 Q4 vs 2019 Q1:

Nationally -

2018 Q4 -> 189410 received, 174109 approved

2019 Q1 -> 196936 received, 193454 approved 

Seattle - 

2018 Q4 -> 4195 received, 4827 approved, 20599 pending 

2019 Q1 -> 4049 received, 1575 approved, 22673 pending

 

What's happening with Seattle office? I was happy to see that Seattle office finally picked up speed as of 2018 Q4 and the ever-growing backlog seemed to stop growing. Nationally the processing volume went up 2018 Q4 -> 2019 Q1. In the past few years Seattle's processing rate was constantly below the rate of application submitted (4000 in vs 2000 out, gaining of ~2000 pending apps each quarter). Future N400 applicants might have to wait for close to 2 year or longer if this trend continues.  

Edited July 7, 2019 by py6

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33 minutes ago, py6 said:

In the past few years Seattle's processing rate was constantly below the rate of application submitted (4000 in vs 2000 out, gaining of ~2000 pending apps each quarter).

Edit: In the past few quarters not past few years. Actually in the past few years (especially before 2017) Seattle had higher processing rate (3000-4000 approved per quarter) than right now.