New Orleans LA — I-485 Family-Based Adjustment Processing Time
USCIS reports 80% of Family-based adjustment applications cases processed through New Orleans LA are completed within 21 months, per USCIS's own processing-times data.
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Processing office: New Orleans LA. 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.
New Orleans LA is faster than 14 of the 90 Family-Based Adjustment locations in this dataset and slower than 73 — 5 months above the median of 16 months.
Which counties this office serves
104 counties route to New Orleans LA in USCIS's own office locator. If your county is listed here, this is the office whose processing time applies to your case.
LA: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo Parish, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge Parish, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Parish, La Salle, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn · MS: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Issaquena, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson, Yazoo
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