USCIS Newark Field Office

Denials stand out in Newark

From April to June 2026, Newark denied 570 of the 1,640 civilian N-400s it decided, or 34.8%. Nationally, USCIS denied 12,591 of 67,565 civilian N-400s (18.6%) (All Forms by Quarter, FY2026 Q3). By our count, among the 83 field offices where USCIS reported both approvals and denials, Newark had the sixth-highest denial share. The data does not say why.

USCIS’s 10 Steps to Naturalization lists three outcomes after the interview: granted, continued (for example, when USCIS needs more evidence) or denied. A continued case is not a denial. If your N-400 is denied, USCIS’s Form N-336 page explains how to ask for a hearing before an immigration officer. For advice on your own case, talk to an immigration attorney or accredited representative.

One rule changed this year. Since May 18, 2026, USCIS no longer lets attorneys and accredited representatives join field office interviews remotely, except in limited circumstances (USCIS Field Offices). If you bring one, they come in person.

Newark’s numbers for April to June 2026

USCIS publishes counts for every field office each quarter. These are Newark’s rows for the N-400, Application for Naturalization.

Source: USCIS N-400 performance data by field office, FY2026 Q3, April 1 to June 30, 2026. “Not reported” means USCIS withheld the figure because it did not meet its disclosure standards. Military N-400s are for applicants whose eligibility relies on service in the U.S. armed forces.

The I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, in the same quarter:

Source: USCIS I-485 performance data by field office, FY2026 Q3, April 1 to June 30, 2026. “All categories” also counts humanitarian cases (asylees, refugees, Indochinese and Cuban refugees: 5,147 pending, 128 decided) and a small “other” group (268 pending). USCIS notes that some actions, such as transfers between offices, are not reflected in the pending counts.

How Newark compares

Pending counts alone favor small offices. So we divide what an office had pending by what it decided (approved plus denied) in the same quarter. This backlog ratio is our rough indicator from USCIS counts, not a USCIS processing time, and it is not a number of months. Newark’s 10.8 for the N-400 means it had about 10.8 pending cases for each one it decided from April to June. We round to one decimal.

“All field offices” adds up the 93 field office rows in the same two files. Seven offices had their N-400 denials withheld, so that N-400 figure runs slightly high. The national medians come from USCIS, All Forms by Quarter, FY2026 Q3: months from receipt to completion for cases finished nationwide in April to June 2026, not for Newark alone.

Read together: Newark’s naturalization line was average for a field office, and its green card lines were shorter than average compared with its output.

Where the office is and who it serves

The USCIS Field Office Locator lists Newark at the Peter Rodino Federal Building, 970 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102 (locator data, Aug 28, 2026 file). USCIS asks you to confirm the address on your interview or appointment notice. uscis.gov does not publish visiting hours for this office; your notice gives the time.

New Jersey has three field offices, and the locator assigns each ZIP code to one:

Union County is split. Elizabeth, Hillside and Union go to Newark; Linden, Rahway, Plainfield and Cranford go to New Jersey Central. For comparison, our N-400 ratio was 5.2 at New Jersey Central and 6.6 at Mount Laurel in the same quarter. Asylum interviews are not held here: USCIS says field offices handle interviews for non-asylum cases.

Appointments, interviews and oath ceremonies

There are no walk-ins. You reach the Newark office in one of two ways:

• USCIS calls you in. Interview and oath ceremony notices give the date, time and place. Need to move one? Rescheduling an interview or oath ceremony is one of the requests the Contact Center takes.
• You ask for an appointment. If you were searching for InfoPass: today USCIS schedules in-person appointments for services it cannot provide by phone, mail or email, such as emergency travel documents or proof of status to work or travel. Request one online or call 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833), Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm Eastern.

Oath ceremonies are either judicial (a court gives the oath) or administrative (USCIS gives it), per USCIS’s naturalization ceremonies page. That page names no venue for Newark. You may be sworn in the same day as your interview; if not, Form N-445 arrives by mail with the details. Before you travel, check USCIS office closings.

If your Newark case is slow

USCIS does not research cases that are within expected processing times (While My Case Is Pending). So start with the clock:

1. Find Newark’s current range. On the USCIS processing times page, choose your form and the Newark field office.
2. Past that range? Ask about a case taking longer than expected with the e-Request tool.
3. A notice never arrived? Non-delivery of an interview notice goes to the Contact Center.
4. A real emergency? Read the expedite criteria. USCIS decides at its sole discretion and generally wants documents.
5. Moved? Change your address so the interview notice reaches you.

The YourCaseStatus app (coming soon) will alert you when your status changes.

Related pages

• N-400 processing time and I-485 processing time, with national medians
• Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview
• Other field offices: Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa, Houston
• Check your case status on uscis.gov, and what each message means in our status index