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US Citizenship and Immigration Services Case Status API

Immigration case status retrieval by receipt number

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Case Status API is one of 2 APIs that US Citizenship and Immigration Services publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Case Status. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api-int.uscis.gov/case-status.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api-int.uscis.gov/case-status
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Case Status API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope.

  • OAuth2 — OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow. Obtain an access token from the USCIS token endpoint using your clientid and clientsecret registered at developer.uscis.gov.…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Case Status 1

Immigration case status retrieval by receipt number

GET
/{receiptNumber}
Get Case Status By Receipt Number
getCaseStatus 1 param → 200401404422429

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CaseStatusResponse (8 properties), HistoricalStatus (4 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CaseStatusResponse
object
Immigration case status response
8 properties 3 required
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the USCIS Case Status API
2 properties
HistoricalStatus
object
A historical case status entry in the case timeline
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-case-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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