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N-400 applications may be transferred between USCIS field offices, e.g. if the applicant moved or if an USCIS field office decides to offload some of their N-400 applications to another USCIS field office. Where can I view the statistics on N-400 case transfers between USCIS field offices?

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    I don't see how past statistics can help you. Anecdote: I had some immigration paperwork years ago that took many (6+) more months than expected due to an internal corruption scandal. They had suspended all application processing for a while. If I had asked "How long does the London office typically take to process X application", I would have got an answer that was true (say a couple of months), but unhelpful for me. if I had asked "What is the probability of a corruption scandal suspending applications for 6 months", the answer would have been (effectively) zero. Either way, not helpful.
    – Greg Hewgill
    Commented Oct 2, 2022 at 22:21
  • @GregHewgill it helps predict future trends.
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Oct 2, 2022 at 22:29
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    Maybe, if you get a lot of data, but my point is it doesn't really help you predict anything about your application.
    – Greg Hewgill
    Commented Oct 2, 2022 at 23:11
  • @GregHewgill It does. Probability theory 101.
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Oct 2, 2022 at 23:15
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    This question seems pretty pointless to me without explaining why it matters if an application is transferred between field offices. Does it somehow disadvantage the applicant eg by delaying the decision process? If it doesn’t matter then filing a FOIA request is a waste of USCIS time (edit: having now read the link, possibly such FOIA requests are behind the ‘misallocation of resources’ claimed in the report)
    – Traveller
    Commented Oct 3, 2022 at 6:40

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In order to get the information you are looking for you need to file a FOIA request with the USCIS. Here's how to do it.

Posting whatever data here would be pointless, even if anyone here had it, since it would become stale and useless quickly and would only end up misleading future readers.

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One can look at the USCIS quarterly reports (screenshot). They give an interesting breakdown per USCIC field office, e.g. for the USCIC field offices in Washington state in 2022 Quarter 2 (April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022):

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Aggregating these tables over several quarters, e.g. for the Spokane field office, ignoring the military applications (negligible):

Year Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
2022 Q3 214 350 39 476
2022 Q2 295 451 83 597
2022 Q1 218 282 34 857
2021 Q4 256 49 43 1,259
2021 Q3 278 177 20 1,698
2021 Q2 226 396 30 530
2021 Q1 241 213 D 751
2020 Q4 342 186 D 731
2020 Q3 185 236 13 559
2020 Q2 259 160 24 651
2020 Q1 311 207 19 533
2019 Q4 312 264 28 434
2019 Q3 273 298 25 392
2019 Q2 294 278 27 445
2019 Q1 275 213 20 425
2018 Q4 307 332 18 371
2018 Q3 303 417 25 419
2018 Q2 292 205 22 590
2018 Q1 215 228 22 521
2017 Q4 250 262 24 551
2017 Q3 299 234 17 611
2017 Q2 336 280 12 567
2017 Q1 263 169 14 577
2016 Q4 228 213 26 489
2016 Q3 269 274 12 613
2016 Q2 346 190 18 512
2016 Q1 241 235 16 361
2015 Q4 221 243 11 349
2015 Q3 255 196 8 391
2015 Q2 280 191 14 351
2015 Q1 186 180 30 274
2014 Q4 191 214 14 276
2014 Q3 231 215 12 294
2014 Q2 218 184 24 288
2014 Q1 160 180 21 269
2013 Q4 203 249 24 307

E.g., we see:

Year Quarter Received Approved Denied Pending
2021 Q3 278 177 20 1,698
2021 Q2 226 396 30 530

This means that in 2021 Q3 1087 (= 1698 - (530 + 278 - 177 - 20)) cases were transferred to Spokane, assuming no cases were withdrawn (very rare).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YeRoAOAtGsInGRjNgkNw1RrWbAtEDIysrs_lNcTRT7M/edit#gid=2073731705 gives all data for USCIS field offices in Washington state. Source: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/777405-n-400-seattle-part-2/?do=findComment&comment=10748860

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