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USCIS · Systems and processing · Request IRW-015

Routing of requests between offices

This request asks for any directive or record about sending requests for post-2025 agency records from the FIRST office coded COW to the office coded SPL, and about sending post-2025 requests for immigration files (A-Files) from the National Records Center (NRC) to a records office coded MRC. It covers 2025 to the present, and asks USCIS to say so if no written record exists.

Why it matters
Shows how requests are being sent between offices, and whether anyone wrote down the reason.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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.

Extension invoked
USCIS 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. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISOct 6, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-10
Any directive, memorandum, email, meeting record, or other record implementing or describing the routing of FOIA requests for post-2025 agency records from the office designated COW to the office designated SPL in the FIRST system, and the routing of post-2025 A-File requests from NRC to MRC, 2025 to present.
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