Buffalo NY — I-485 Family-Based Adjustment Processing Time
USCIS reports 80% of Family-based adjustment applications cases processed through Buffalo NY are completed within 10 months, per USCIS's own processing-times data.
⚠ This figure may be out of date — check USCIS's official tool for the current number.
Processing office: Buffalo NY. Figure from USCIS's official processing times tool — check your own case's current estimate directly at egov.uscis.gov/processing-times, since USCIS updates these monthly and your specific receipt date affects where you fall in the range.
Buffalo NY is faster than 85 of the 90 Family-Based Adjustment locations in this dataset and slower than 4 — 6 months below the median of 16 months.
Which counties this office serves
35 counties route to Buffalo NY in USCIS's own office locator. If your county is listed here, this is the office whose processing time applies to your case.
NY: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates · PA: Erie, McKean, Warren
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