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USCIS · Policy and practice · Request IRW-097

SAVE guidance for election agencies on reading results

This request asks for the current SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) user guide or instructions that tell state and local election agencies how to read SAVE responses and when to seek more verification. It includes guidance on unresolved or inconclusive responses and on people who acquired or derived U.S. citizenship.

Why it matters
Election agencies receive SAVE responses and have to interpret them. The guidance shows what USCIS tells them to do when a result is unclear.
ProcessingExtension invoked 14 business days since filing (20 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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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 27, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISOct 2, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-66
SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) program's user guide, operating instructions, or equivalent program guidance, maintained by the USCIS Verification Division and in effect on the date of this request, that instruct state or local election agencies how to interpret SAVE verification responses and when to institute additional verification, including any instructions addressing an unresolved or inconclusive response, or a person who acquired or derived U.S. citizenship. Historical versions, transaction records, and records about individual verification cases are excluded.
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