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USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-055

National Records Center staffing requests to IRIS leaders

This request asks for requests, memos and other correspondence from the National Records Center's Director, Deputy Director or Chief of Staff to IRIS leadership (IRIS is a USCIS division) about FOIA staffing, position requests, hiring authority or resources. It covers January 1, 2025 to the date of the search, with the responses to each.

Why it matters
The records would show whether the program asked for help and what it was told.
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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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 USCISSep 15, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-47
Requests, memoranda, and correspondence from the Director, Deputy Director, or Chief of Staff of the National Records Center to IRIS leadership concerning FOIA staffing, position requests, hiring authority, or resource allocation, January 1, 2025 through the date of your search, together with the responses to each.
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