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USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-021

Exit survey for departing National Records Center staff

This request asks for the blank exit questionnaire used for employees leaving the National Records Center (the USCIS office that handles most records requests). It also asks for combined response data and any summary reports, fiscal year 2025 to the present, with individual identities blacked out.

Why it matters
Exit surveys can show why staff leave.
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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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 7, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-15
The blank exit survey or exit questionnaire instrument used for employees separating from the National Records Center, together with aggregate response data and any summary reports, fiscal year 2025 to present, with individual identities redacted.
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