Tampa field office: Florida’s Gulf Coast queue
Tampa serves the Gulf Coast of Florida from Tampa Bay; its family green card queue is one of the quicker ones in the state.
Checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and past error
N-400 naturalization
Within normal time
Too early for a case inquiry.
| Published range, Tampa, FL | 13.5 to 16.5 months |
|---|---|
| Time since your receipt date | 12.4 months |
| USCIS takes inquiries for receipts on or before | May 31, 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
USCIS publishes 17 to 26.5 months for family-based Form I-485 at the Tampa field office, rank 24 of 90, which makes Tampa one of the quicker Florida offices for a family green card. Naturalization is published at 13.5 to 16.5 months, rank 59, around the middle of the national list. Orlando, inland, publishes 13.5 to 19 months for the N-400 and 18.5 to 33 months for the family I-485; Fort Myers, further south on the Gulf Coast, 15.5 to 19.5 months and 20 to 29.5 months. In our first record, from March 14, 2022, Tampa published 9.5 to 16 months for citizenship and 12 to 20 months for family adjustment; the upper bounds have moved by +0.5 and +6.5 months since. USCIS accepts Tampa case inquiries for N-400 receipts on or before May 31, 2025 and family I-485 receipts on or before August 4, 2024, per its publication of September 17, 2026.
Three Gulf and Central Florida offices
For the family green card, Tampa ranks 24, Fort Myers 35 and Orlando 49. For naturalization the order is Tampa first again, then Orlando and Fort Myers, both in the slower fifth of the country.
Since 2022
At the 80% mark, Tampa’s naturalization queue has barely moved since our first record (+0.5 months), while the family green card queue has grown by +6.5 months. Other Florida offices grew faster, which is why Tampa now looks relatively quick for family cases.
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Tampa Bay and the Gulf Coast
Florida addresses are divided among many field offices, and Fort Myers is a separate office from Tampa even though both are on the Gulf Coast. For a spouse of a U.S. citizen adjusting status inside the country, Tampa’s family range is close to the full wait, since immediate relatives have no Visa Bulletin queue. For a sibling or adult child, the bulletin comes first and can be much longer than anything the office publishes.
Tampa, FL: latest published times
| Form | Range | Rank of 90 | Inquiries for receipts up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-400 | 13.5 to 16.5 months | 59 | May 31, 2025 |
| I-485 family-based | 17.0 to 26.5 months | 24 | August 4, 2024 |
Four years of published times
| Last publication of the year | N-400 | I-485 family |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2022 | 14.5 to 24.5 months | 14.5 to 25.0 months |
| December 27, 2023 | 7.5 to 11.0 months | 15.5 to 20.0 months |
| December 20, 2024 | 9.5 to 12.0 months | 16.0 to 23.5 months |
| December 18, 2025 | 11.5 to 14.0 months | 18.5 to 34.5 months |
| September 17, 2026 | 13.5 to 16.5 months | 17.0 to 26.5 months |