Citizenship delays vary by city
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Are you an immigrant hoping to become a U.S. citizen in time to vote for the next president? Your wait will likely vary a lot depending where you live.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a list of projected wait times at local offices for those who applied for citizenship last summer. In New York, the average wait should be 10 months. Those who applied just before the July 30 fee increase, therefore, should see their cases finished by next month.
The New York Immigration Coalition notes that these projected wait times apply to trouble-free applications — those that do not require additional documents, for example, or those that aren’t caught up in the FBI name-check process USCIS officials have taken criticism, and lawsuits, over the backlog of naturalization cases due to last summer’s surge.
The longest waits are more than 14 months, in cities including Los Angeles, Tuscon, Phoenix, Miami, Hartford, Conn., and Washington, D.C. The shortest wait, five months, is out in Helena, Montana.
Let us know how long your application is taking, particularly if you’re hoping to vote in November.
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