San Antonio field office: one of Texas’s quicker queues
South and West Texas are served by San Antonio, Harlingen and El Paso; all three publish family green card times in the faster part of the country.
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N-400 naturalization
Within normal time
Too early for a case inquiry.
| Published range, San Antonio, TX | 11.5 to 13.5 months |
|---|---|
| Time since your receipt date | 12.4 months |
| USCIS takes inquiries for receipts on or before | September 9, 2025 |
| National average to a decision (August 2026) | 12.7 months |
How this was calculated
- USCIS published these ranges on September 17, 2026. The upper figure is the time within which USCIS completed 80% of cases; the lower one is the median.
- The national average is a different measure: all cases completed in the month, from receipt to decision, as reported to Congress.
Processing-time data: ImmigrationTimes.org (CC BY 4.0), from USCIS; selected and reformatted. Check your own case on egov.uscis.gov.
Estimate from public data, not legal advice. Your case may differ (cross-chargeability, CSPA, waivers). For advice, see a licensed immigration attorney or a DOJ-accredited representative. Not affiliated with USCIS or the Department of State. Method and past error
San Antonio is quick on both counts. USCIS publishes 11.5 to 13.5 months for Form N-400 at the San Antonio field office, rank 18 of 90, and 13 to 24.5 months for family-based Form I-485, rank 20. The two border offices that serve the Rio Grande Valley and far West Texas are also in the faster half for the family green card: Harlingen publishes 11 to 23 months and El Paso 12.5 to 22.5 months. For naturalization, Harlingen shows 11.5 to 16 months and El Paso 13 to 15 months. In our first 2022 record San Antonio published 9.5 to 16 months for citizenship and 9.5 to 18.5 months for family adjustment, so the upper bounds have moved by -2.5 and +6 months. USCIS accepts San Antonio inquiries for N-400 receipts on or before September 9, 2025 and family I-485 receipts on or before October 8, 2024, per its publication of September 17, 2026.
Fast, with a short spread
San Antonio’s naturalization range spans only 2 months between median and 80% mark. Its family adjustment range is wider, 11.5 months, partly because family cases can be held for a visa number.
The Visa Bulletin is the longer wait
For families with relatives born in Mexico, the office queue is often the short part of the journey. F3 and F4 Mexico cutoffs in the Visa Bulletin are more than two decades old; the Visa Bulletin page shows where each family category stands this month.
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Austin and the Hill Country
San Antonio’s figures are worth reading against the size of Texas: several large field offices share the state, and San Antonio is among the quickest of them. For naturalization, its rank of 18 makes it one of the fastest large offices in the country, ahead of Houston and Dallas. Harlingen and El Paso, which handle border counties, are quicker than San Antonio for the family green card but slower for citizenship.
San Antonio, TX: latest published times
| Form | Range | Rank of 90 | Inquiries for receipts up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-400 | 11.5 to 13.5 months | 18 | September 9, 2025 |
| I-485 family-based | 13.0 to 24.5 months | 20 | October 8, 2024 |
Four years of published times
| Last publication of the year | N-400 | I-485 family |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2022 | 20.0 to 26.0 months | 14.5 to 19.0 months |
| December 27, 2023 | 9.0 to 11.0 months | 17.0 to 22.5 months |
| December 20, 2024 | 7.5 to 9.0 months | 18.0 to 28.5 months |
| December 18, 2025 | 8.0 to 9.5 months | 10.0 to 20.5 months |
| September 17, 2026 | 11.5 to 13.5 months | 13.0 to 24.5 months |