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US Citizens & Immigration Services
Homepage: uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
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
(Printable form below) 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Immigration and Naturalization (I&N) Historical Reference Library collection and services, documents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
Information provided by DVHH associate:
Debbie Burns
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