USCIS has launched the new online FOIA Request Status Check service that offers customers a quick, secure method to check the status of requests they have made to the organization under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). With this new online program, customers, by entering their assigned control numbers, can receive immediate responses anytime regarding the status of their FOIA request.

Customers, after entering in their control number, will receive a response that states either ‘pending’ or ‘processing’. A ‘pending’ response lets the customer know the position of their request in relation to all other requests on that same processing track. A ‘processed’ response lets a customer know that their request was processed and they will be given a processing date. USCIS has noted that they will make daily updates to the status of all FOIA requests.