Department of State FOIA Requests for Personal Records
In certain immigration cases, you may want to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of State (DOS), such as to try to find information about previous visa applications and passport records. This Practice Advisory will go over the DOS FOIA process in detail and provide practice tips for obtaining personal records from them, including best practices.
Why it matters
Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from Immigrant Legal Resource Center on Consular; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
Topics
Consular practice
Workflows
Consular, visa, and 9 FAM
Forums
Consular processing
Jurisdictions
National