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USCIS New York Field Office
Address, hours, jurisdiction map, and directions for the USCIS New York Field Office serving 3 counties in New York.
USCIS New York Field Office — Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza (Lafayette Street entrance), 8th Floor
Office Location
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza (Lafayette Street entrance), 8th Floor
New York, NY 10278
Phone
1-800-375-5283 (National USCIS Customer Service)
Office Hours
Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
329 Google reviews
service area
Counties Served by This Office
The New York Field Office serves 3 counties in New York. If your zip code falls within this area, this is where your interview or oath ceremony will be scheduled.
by the numbers
Approval Rates — Official USCIS Data
How often this office approves N-400 and I-485 applications, based on USCIS quarterly reports.
FY2025 Q4 · July–September 2025
83.9%
approval rate
Low↓ 6.8% below national average (90.7%)
Approved
4,690
Denied
898
Pending *
14,909
Based on 5,588adjudicated cases · Pending = cases still in queue, not denials
from the community
What Real Applicants Report
Community-sourced data about the New York Field Office — processing speed, visitor experiences, and more. None of this is official USCIS data.
Post-Interview Processing Time
How long it takes this office to issue a decision after your interview. Does not include the wait from filing to interview.
No community timeline data available for New York yet.
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Visitor Experiences — 3.9/5 on Google
Recent experiences at this office, sourced from Google. Showing 5 of 329 reviews.
ICE is detaining people seeking due process of the law here. Stay away. If a USCIS rep tells you any part of the process must be in person, refuse them. -and tell them exactly why you are.
Excellent and efficient experience! Me and my husband came here for a green card interview for him. Our officer was super sweet! And everyone of the staff members were genuinely impressive and nice! We were in and out within less than an hour and the interview itself was pretty quick. Honestly if you come here just know you’re in good hands.
They are EXTREMELY awesome here! I’ve came here for immigration permanent residency interview, the officer that interviewed me and my wife was super sweet and awesome. Rather than making it all formal and grilling us with the scripted questions, she just spoke to us like we were her friends, got to know us and within minutes she figured out we are wasting our time here in federal plaza and we should go and celebrate that I passed my green card interview! We were there for maybe 40 minutes in total which includes the check in at the entrance, waiting to be called, etc… the process was very efficient. Staff was super nice even at the front and entrance too, and the place is spot less! I swear and I know this is funny, but they have the cleanest bathrooms in the city lol All and all of you have a green card interview like I did or something else, just be aware you’re in the right hands and people here actually care.
I wanna give 4 stars not because of the interview or immigration officer because he is a cool person and he made us comfortable during the interview. It’s the security, a short old guy. If he did not treat us like we illiterate i would give 5 stars. He told us to push the door in angry voice when there is a large sign of do not push. Then he asked everyone to go on a line, we are still moving to go on a line he already asked, hurry up! you don’t understand English? Hopefully he will be a little kind because we are all humans.
Very nice environment, officers were helpful. If you ask something they answer very nicely unlike some other govt office, but the lady who took my civics test she was little rude not a big deal tho. Like very little. Cause i guess she was doing same thing again and again since morning thats why i guess. But it was okay.
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What to Expect at Your Appointment
USCIS field offices handle in-person appointments including green card interviews, naturalization interviews and oath ceremonies, and requests for evidence. Here's what to know: