Citizenship agency rolls out digital FOIA receipt to all requesters

By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier, Fedscoop, July 24, 2018

File a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and you can now expect a response to that request online.

This is the latest expansion of the agency’s new Freedom of Information Act Immigration Records SysTem (FIRST) — a system that will “eventually” allow requesters to navigate the entire FOIA process digitally. FIRST is being rolled out in “phases,” though, so currently any initial FOIA requests still need to be made via fax, mail or e-mail.

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