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Make Your Request Online. Our online FOIA request service is the fastest, most convenient way to request and receive records from USCIS. When you make a FOIA or PA request by mail, it delays responses to all requestors. Attorneys and representatives can also make online FOIA requests on behalf of their clients. Requests Using Form G-639
• In writing and in accordance with the requirements of the FOIA and PA. Request and Receive Records Faster Online. Our online FOIA and PA services are a more efficient way to request and receive records than by using Form G-639 to make a request. When you make your request online, USCIS receives it immediately and we can deliver the response ...
Use our online FOIA system to request your own immigration record, another person’s immigration record, or non-A-File information such as policies, data, or communications. Electronic Reading Room Our Electronic Reading Room helps you search for information identified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
If you need assistance, call 800-375-5283 or send a request to FOIAPAQuestions@uscis.dhs.gov with the subject line "FOIA Disability Accommodations." Please include your name, phone number and the document you need to access.
“As USCIS continues to move the nation’s legal immigration system away from paper-based services to an electronic future, I am excited to implement the first fully digital FOIA system, and the benefits it will bring for FOIA requestors who take advantage of this service,” said Kenneth Cuccinelli, acting director of USCIS. “FIRST brings ...
Please note that the USCIS Genealogy Program will not provide refunds for a record request without a Case ID that includes an invalid citation and/or results in a “No Records” response. Important: A single immigrant may have several USCIS records. For example, an immigrant who entered the U.S. in 1924 and naturalized in 1930 may have both a ...
We generally will not take action on a case while a FOIA request is pending. However, filing a FOIA request does not extend timeframes, such as deadlines for filing appeals or motions, responding to requests for additional evidence or notices of intent to dismiss, or submitting briefs or supplemental evidence.
FOIA requestors with a USCIS online account may submit requests online for their own records. Soon, USCIS online account holders can make online requests on behalf of another person. Later this year, they can make online requests for non-A-File material (policies, communications, etc.) as well as third-party requests for information about ...
The USCIS Genealogy Program is authorized to make five series of the agency’s historical records available to requesters. Other agency records may be available from the USCIS Freedom of Information (FOIA) Program, or may have transferred to the National Archives. Requests are accepted online as well as through the mail.
If the record you seek falls between 1944-1956, complete Form G-1041, Genealogy Index Search Request, and then we will identify the proper records and provide you with instructions for requesting them under FOIA. Similarly, if a FOIA request identifies records covered by the USCIS Genealogy Program, the FOIA program will provide instructions ...