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US
Citizens & Immigration Services
Contributed by
Debbie Burns
The official INS provides instructions on "How
to Make a FOIA or PA Request" at this page:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/foia/request.htm
but for the DVHH viewers we have tried to make
it easier by providing the information here:
ALL REQUESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED
IN WRITING.
FORM G-639 may be used for this purpose.
Requests must be for access to existing records.
The FOIA /PA Program Office will not “create”
records for the purpose of a FOIA or PA request.
The following 4 steps outline “How to Make a
FOIA or PA Request”:
- On your written request,
include a daytime phone number so that we
may contact you; fee in searching, copying,
and reviewing records may apply, see below.
- Provide as much
information as possible on the subject
matter; this will help expedite the search
process.
- Verification of Identity,
Verification of Guardianship, Accompanying
Persons, and Amendment Request are
requirements for making a PA request ONLY.
- Mail the request to the
nearest FOIA/PA office (see FOIA Offices
Location). Requests can be faxed; however,
the original copy must be mailed and
received by the FOIA/PA Program Office
before information is released.
Requests are deemed to
constitute an agreement to pay any applicable
fees that may be chargeable up to $25 without
notice. Most requests do not require any fees;
however, if fees exceed $25, we will notify you
beforehand.
This portion of
the DHS Website contains information about the
Immigration and Naturalization (I&N) Historical
Reference Library collection and services,
documents concerning the history of the Service
as well as of immigration law, procedure,
immigration stations, and instructions for
historical and genealogical research using
records of the former INS.:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm
Further INS Interesting Reading:
January 1995 Reform of the U.S. Asylum
Program
February 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo (and some history of the demarcation
of our border with Mexico)
March 1790 The Act of 1790, Establishing
a Uniform Naturalization Rule
April 1912 INS Inspections of the
Titanic survivors
May 1987
Amnesty program under the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986
June 1940 INS implementation of the
Alien Registration Act of 1940
July 1979 The July 1979 International
Conference on Indochinese refugees
August 1997 An INS enforcement
investigation of a case involving criminal
aliens
September 1783 The Paris Peace Treaty
(and some history of the demarcation of our
border with Canada)
November 1991 Haitian Migrant Screening
in Guantanamo, Cuba
December 1943 Repeal of the Chinese
Exclusion Act
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