Records previously released NRC2009041663 (USCIS)

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How to submit a FOIA Request to USCIS for A Copy of Immigration Records:
You may fill out the G-639 which may be downloaded from http://www.uscis.gov/g-639, for each subject you are seeking records. Please provide a valid mailing address. The completion of this form is optional. Any written format for a Freedom of Information or Privacy Act request is acceptable but the information and signatures requested need to be provided, in order to prevent a delay in processing. On page 2 of the G-639, please ensure that the signature of the subject of records appears in block 7 and in block 8. In Block 8, the subject of record may sign under penalty of perjury either under " Executed Outside the United States" or "Executed in the United States" OR the signature of subject of record may be notarized.

Also please assure that the information requested in Block 5 on the G-639 for the subject of record is provided: A Number or Receipt Number, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Parents’ Names, Date of Entry, and Port of Entry.

A request for a specific document will be placed on a faster track than a request for an entire file.

We cannot provide copies of records without consent. If you’re requesting records for an individual not born over 100 years ago and they are deceased, you will need to forward either a death certificate for each or some type of information showing they are deceased.

You can submit the requests one of the following ways:

Via U.S. Mail to:

National Records Center
FOIA/PA Office
P.O. Box 648010
Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010

Or: Via Fax: 816-350-5785

Or: Via e-mail by scanning your documents in and attaching them to your e-mail to uscis.foia@dhs.gov

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If you have a FOIA control number, you may check the status of your FOIA request online, at www.uscis.gov. Click on “FOIA Request Status Check and Average Processing Times” located on the left side of the web page and follow the instructions.

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We will be sending the requested records before the end of the week.

Thanks!

USCIS has received information submitted from you to the FOIA mailbox. If you are submitting a FOIA request, this courtesy reply does not replace the Acknowledgement Letter which will be sent to you once your request has been scanned into our FOIA processing system. As this reply is automatically generated, do not respond to this notification.

If your e-mail relates to a request for status of a pending FOIA request for which you have a FOIA control number, the status of your FOIA request is available on www.uscis.gov/foia<http://www.uscis.gov/foia> and is the only status available.

You may also request status by clicking on the following link:

FOIA Request Status Check<http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.8d416137d08f80a2b1935610748191a0/?vgnextoid=f3a2ba87c7a29110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f3a2ba87c7a29110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD>

We process cases on a first in / first out basis. The estimated time posted on the USCIS web site is based on our average processing time in business days as of the date posted and includes all cases closed.

As this reply is automatically generated, do not respond to this notification

Another CD will be sent in a padded envelope.

FOIA, USCIS

Mr. Smathers:

This inquiry is being reviewed.

FOIA, USCIS

From: FOIA, USCIS
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:37 PM
To: 'requests@muckrock.com'
Subject: RE: Follow up to Freedom of Information Request: Records previously released NRC2009041663 (USCIS)

Another CD will be sent in a padded envelope.

FOIA, USCIS

Dear Mr. Smathers

We have been informed that our response to you contained on the CD was damaged in shipment. We will create another CD and send it to you.

Phillip H. Schuley
USCIS/SIG
National Records Center
816-350-5500 ext. 5151