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DHS Privacy Office · Request closures · Request IRW-138

DHS Privacy Office official's messages with USCIS on identity verification and closures

This request asks the DHS Privacy Office for emails and Teams messages from March 1 to December 31, 2025 sent or received by a named official in that office, with at least one USCIS participant, that use terms such as "verification of identity," "G-639," "third-party consent," "administrative closure" or "No Record."

Why it matters
The DHS Privacy Office runs FOIA for the whole department, including USCIS. These messages would show whether department-level FOIA staff discussed how USCIS verifies identity and closes requests.
ProcessingExtension invoked 3 business days since filing (4 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

The law and its timing
Filed under the federal Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). The federal FOIA gives an agency 20 business days to decide a request, and up to 10 more business days in unusual circumstances (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)). This site counts every request the same way, in business days from filing, and does not decide whether a deadline was missed.
Extension invoked
DHS Privacy Office told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledOct 13, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by DHS Privacy OfficeOct 13, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received