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US Citizenship and Immigration Services FOIA Requests API

Submit and manage FOIA and Privacy Act requests for Alien File records

US Citizenship and Immigration Services FOIA Requests 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 FOIA Requests. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 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.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

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 FOIA Requests 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 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

FOIA Requests 2

Submit and manage FOIA and Privacy Act requests for Alien File records

POST
/requests
Submit FOIA or Privacy Act Request
submitFoiaRequest body → 201400401429
GET
/requests/{requestNumber}
Get FOIA Request Status
getFoiaRequestStatus 1 param → 200401404429

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FoiaRequestBody (16 properties), FoiaRequestStatusResponse (8 properties), FoiaRequestCreatedResponse (5 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
Error response
3 properties
FoiaRequestStatusResponse
object
Current status of a submitted FOIA request
8 properties
FoiaRequestCreatedResponse
object
Response returned when a FOIA request is successfully submitted
5 properties
FoiaRequestBody
object
Body for submitting a new FOIA or Privacy Act request
16 properties 7 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-foia-requests-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs US Citizenship and Immigration Services publishes across the network.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Case Status API
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