Border Patrol Records / G-28 help

[jcg303 1]

Does anyone have any experience requesting entry/exit records from the US customs and border patrol? My fiancee and I are trying to get her exit record, and I'm trying to fill out the freedom of information act release form and the G-28 representative form. Just want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

Thanks!!

[Hell0W0rld 10]

G-28 form is for attorney's , r u an attorney?

Purpose: To provide notice that an attorney or representative of a religious, charitable, social service or similar organization will appear before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on behalf of a person involved in a matter before USCIS.

Also to make a FIOA Request, to you have to go to the Department of Justice, so visit their website for more information...

Edited May 2, 2009 by HelloWorld08

[Ed+Cindy 1]

Does anyone have any experience requesting entry/exit records from the US customs and border patrol? My fiancee and I are trying to get her exit record, and I'm trying to fill out the freedom of information act release form and the G-28 representative form. Just want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

Thanks!!

Yes. I requested my CBP file. It took months for them to send it, but I got it, all 23 pages. Send a letter to the CBP FOIA office in Washington DC.

If you want a sample letter, PM me and I'll email you the one I wrote.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

FOIA request DO NOT go to DoJ. They go to the FIOA office of the CBP in DHS.

Here is my letter. Change what is appropriate. The notarization proves you are the actual person requesting the records.

USC and GCs get Privacy Act too, foreigners only get FIOA.

October 31, 2008

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Attn: Mint Annex Building, FOIA Division

Washington D.C. 20229

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request

Dear Sir or Madam:

I would like to make a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq, and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq.

My name is XXX XXXX XXXX (D.O.B. Dec 10, XXXX). I am a citizen of the United States, US Passport number: XXXXXX. My address is <ADDRESS>. The accompanying declaration, signed under penalty of perjury, is proof of my identity.

I request access to and copies of the following records1 produced or maintained by your agency: all records pertaining to my questioning, search, and secondary inspection at Peace Arch point of entry on September 29th, 2008 and September 30th 2008 (including those pertaining to my registered vehicle, Oregon License XXX XXX), Vancouver port of entry on the dates of October 5th 2008, October 19th 2008 and November 9th 2008.

As you know, the Freedom of Information Act provides that even if portions of my file are exempt from release, the remainder of the record must be released to me so long as segregation is reasonable. Therefore, if you determine that any portions of the documents I have requested must be deleted, I request that you advise me of the statutory exemptions you believe to be applicable and release all reasonably segregable material.

I look forward to receiving your reply within 20 business days, as provided by law.

Thank you for your assistance. If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at (503) XXX-XXXX

Sincerely,

<NAME>

1 The term “records” as used herein includes, but is not limited to, all agency records including memoranda,

correspondence, analyses, interview notes, logs, charts, and other written records as well as records

maintained on computers, electronic communications, videotapes, audio recordings, or any other format.

(new page)----------------------------

Declaration by NAME

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I

am ** **, and the foregoing is true and correct.

___________________________

NAME

Executed on this ____ day of ____________________

[TBoneTX 44,672]

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I am

Ed, you may want to send a PM to Captain Ewok so that your name is deleted from the last line of your excellent, truly helpful letter.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I am

Ed, you may want to send a PM to Captain Ewok so that your name is deleted from the last line of your excellent, truly helpful letter.

Damn, I missed that last incident. I just PM'd and asked to have it removed. If another moderator reads this, please edit my name from the above, thanks.

[jcg303 1]

thanks for you help - the letter is just what i'm looking for. i really appreciate all the support throughout this process.

good luck and congrats to you and yours!!

[jcg303 1]

i spoke a little too soon - we are trying to get the records for my fiancee's departure from the states. is she as a non-citizen entitled to the same information, or do i have to request it on her behalf?

thanks again!

[Ed+Cindy 1]

i spoke a little too soon - we are trying to get the records for my fiancee's departure from the states. is she as a non-citizen entitled to the same information, or do i have to request it on her behalf?

You can do either one. However, non-citizens and non-residents don't qualify for the Privacy Act, so omit that from the request. That may affect the amount of info they provide you with. If you request for her, you will have to provide some kind of document that you are allowed to act for her. I don't know what this is.