N-400 April 2020 Filers

[Cloggie 17]

Anybody had similar responses from USCIS?

[orangeal 12]

44 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

Anybody had similar responses from USCIS?

Very confusing. This is why FOIA might help because then they can't use the missing A-file as an excuse!

[Cloggie 17]

I did file for a FOIA three weeks ago and hope this will do the trick. 

[Raymyster 2]

Hello i filed a FOIA and this is what i got today

 

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We received your request for information on March 7, 2022. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, specifies certain requirements for an access request. One of these requirements is that the request must be made in accordance with the agency's published FOIA regulations. In the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulation, Title 6 C.F.R. § 5.3 , Requirements for Making A Request; the procedures for requesting access to DHS records are outlined. See McDonnell v. U.S., 4 F.3d 1227, 1236 (3d Cir. 1993). Because the records you seek are those of a personal nature, DHS' regulations require you to provide verification of identity and, if applicable, certification of agreement to release information to you from the records subject before a disclosure of information can be made. In accordance with 6 CFR § 5.21, verification of identity consists of a written statement from the records subject stating his/her full name, current address, and date and place of birth. Additionally, the subject of record must sign the written statement and the signature must either be notarized or signed under penalty of perjury. Although you are not required to use Form G-639 when submitting a FOIA request, a notarized signature in Part 4, 8.a. or a signature in Part 4, 8.b. under penalty of perjury would fulfill the signature requirement. Form G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative, (revised March 4, 2015), may be used to establish certification of agreement from the subject of record. Please note, however, that as of May 15, 2015, USCIS no longer accepts prior versions of the G-28 form . The requested information may also be provided on a separate sheet of paper as long as the subject of record signs the information provided and the signature is notarized or signed under penalty of perjury. Your case has been closed with no further action taken. If you wish to pursue this request, please provide the information described by the regulation cited above. The requirements of filing a FOIA or PA request are also available for your convenience on our website at www.uscis.go

Please can anybody help!

[Kristina B. 4]

4 minutes ago, Raymyster said:

Hello i filed a FOIA and this is what i got today

 

Please can anybody help!

Where/How did you file for the FOIA?

[Cloggie 17]

Online.

[Raymyster 2]

 

I went to https://first.uscis.gov/

 

I made submit new request -> Other Requests (Start new application) it says underneath it (Select this if you are making a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about USCIS agency information including personnel-related requests.)

 

[Raymyster 2]

1 hour ago, Kristina B. said:

Where/How did you file for the FOIA?

I went to https://first.uscis.gov/

 

I made submit new request -> Other Requests (Start new application) it says underneath it (Select this if you are making a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about USCIS agency information including personnel-related requests.)

[Cloggie 17]

That is where I went too.

Is there another area to do this?

 

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[Raymyster 2]

29 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

That is where I went too.

Is there another area to do this?

 

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It is weird, reading this thread looks like everybody filed an FOIA the same way but why am i getting this reply i am not sure, i hope someone who has experience in this subject will reply to me.

[Cloggie 17]

What do we do with the FOIA once completed?

 

Q

[Raymyster 2]

2 minutes ago, Cloggie said:

What do we do with the FOIA once completed?

 

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You don't need to do anything basically the reason we are filing it is because our applications (between March 2020 and July 2020) are stuck and this is somehow helping free it up.

[Cloggie 17]

Got it. What a trip!

[ShpatBeqa 32]

Finally….2 years later.

 

 

Case History

March 21, 2022

Status

Interview Was Scheduled

Date

March 21, 2022

March 18, 2022

October 29, 2020

April 30, 2020

[Raymyster 2]

2 hours ago, ShpatBeqa said:

Finally….2 years later.

 

 

Case History

March 21, 2022

Status

Interview Was Scheduled

Date

March 21, 2022

March 18, 2022

October 29, 2020

April 30, 2020

Did you have to file a FOIA or they just scheduled you out of nowhere?