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USCIS · Systems and processing · Request IRW-024

Automated approval of case closures

This request asks for the script or automated job that approves FOIA case closures in FIRST, the system USCIS uses to track records requests. That includes any process that records approvals as "scheduler." It also asks for deployment records, settings, database queries, version history and emails about its design or changes, January 1, 2025 to the present.

Why it matters
Would show whether and how closures are approved by software instead of by people.
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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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-18
The script, code, or automated job that effects automated approval of FOIA case closures in the FIRST system (including any process that records approval values such as 'scheduler'), together with its deployment records, scheduling or job configuration, associated database queries, version history, and emails or other communications discussing its design, behavior, or modification, January 1, 2025 to present.
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