US Citizenship and Immigration Services

aid: us-citizenship-and-immigration-services
name: US Citizenship and Immigration Services
description: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a government agency responsible for overseeing lawful
  immigration to the United States. Its primary function is to process and adjudicate applications for various immigration
  benefits, such as green cards, work permits, and naturalization. USCIS provides a public developer portal (developer.uscis.gov)
  with APIs for case status lookup and FOIA request submission. The Torch API Program enables qualified software developers
  to integrate USCIS services into immigration case management applications, providing OAuth 2.0 secured access to case status
  information and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request capabilities.
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services.png
tags:
- Federal Government
- Immigration
- Citizenship
- Case Status
- FOIA
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uscis
apis:
- aid: us-citizenship-and-immigration-services:us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-case-status-api
  name: US Citizenship and Immigration Services Case Status API
  description: Immigration case status retrieval by receipt number
  humanURL: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/case-status
  baseURL: https://api-int.uscis.gov/case-status
  tags:
  - Case Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-case-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/case-status
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/get-started/sandbox
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/article/how-get-access-tokens-client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/foia-request-and-status
- aid: us-citizenship-and-immigration-services:us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-foia-requests-api
  name: US Citizenship and Immigration Services FOIA Requests API
  description: Submit and manage FOIA and Privacy Act requests for Alien File records
  humanURL: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/case-status
  baseURL: https://api-int.uscis.gov/case-status
  tags:
  - FOIA Requests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-foia-requests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/case-status
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/get-started/sandbox
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/article/how-get-access-tokens-client-credentials
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uscis.gov/api/foia-request-and-status
features:
- name: Case Status Lookup
  description: Retrieve current and historical case status by receipt number
- name: Bilingual Status Messages
  description: Case status returned in both English and Spanish
- name: FOIA Request Submission
  description: Submit FOIA and Privacy Act requests for Alien File records via API
- name: FOIA Status Tracking
  description: Check status of submitted FOIA requests using request number
- name: OAuth 2.0 Authentication
  description: Secure access via OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow with 30-minute token expiry
- name: Sandbox Environment
  description: Sandbox environment for testing before production deployment
useCases:
- name: Immigration Case Management
  description: Integrate case status into immigration law firm case management software
- name: Client Status Notifications
  description: Automatically notify immigration clients of case status changes
- name: FOIA Request Automation
  description: Automate FOIA request submission and status tracking for legal practitioners
- name: Beneficiary Self-Service
  description: Enable beneficiaries to check their own case status through integrated applications
solutions:
- name: Immigration Software
  description: Enable immigration law firms and accredited representatives to integrate USCIS data into practice management
    software
- name: Case Tracking Dashboards
  description: Build dashboards for law firms to monitor multiple client cases simultaneously
integrations:
- name: myUSCIS
  description: myUSCIS personalized account portal for individual applicants
  url: https://my.uscis.gov
- name: e-FOIA Portal
  description: USCIS electronic FOIA submission portal
  url: https://www.uscis.gov/records/request-records-through-the-freedom-of-information-act-or-privacy-act
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com