US Citizenship and Immigration Services · Example Payload

Uscis Submit Foia Request Example

Federal GovernmentImmigrationCitizenshipCase StatusFOIA

Uscis Submit Foia Request Example is an example object payload from US Citizenship and Immigration Services, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api-int.uscis.gov/foia/requests",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "requestType": "FOIA",
      "subjectFirstName": "Jane",
      "subjectLastName": "Doe",
      "subjectDateOfBirth": "1980-06-15",
      "subjectCountryOfBirth": "Mexico",
      "subjectAlienNumber": "A123456789",
      "requesterName": "Jane Doe",
      "requesterEmail": "jane.doe@example.com",
      "requesterType": "self",
      "descriptionOfRecords": "Requesting complete Alien File including all immigration applications, approvals, notices, and correspondence on file with USCIS",
      "deliveryMethod": "email",
      "feeWaiverRequest": false,
      "expeditedProcessingRequest": false
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 201,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "requestNumber": "USCIS-2024-001234",
      "status": "Received",
      "submittedDate": "2024-01-15",
      "estimatedCompletionDate": "2024-07-15",
      "message": "Your FOIA request has been received and assigned request number USCIS-2024-001234. You may check the status of your request using this number."
    }
  }
}