CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov Emails

Taylor-Scott Amarel filed this request with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the United States of America.
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COW2019500203

Due April 30, 2019
Est. Completion None
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From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov, containing the following non-case-sensitive keystring in the content or headers of the emails, "anthonyjim85@gmail.com".

Please search from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2018.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The request has been rejected, with the agency stating that the information or document(s) requested are exempt from disclosure.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

This request has been consolidated into COW2019500203.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
FOIA Office
P. O. Box 648010
Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010

July 25, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 2, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On April 2, 2019:
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov> Emails
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov>, containing the following non-case-sensitive keystring in the content or headers of the emails, "anthonyjim85@gmail.com<mailto:anthonyjim85@gmail.com>".

Please search from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2018.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

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MuckRock News
DEPT MR 71272
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Thank you for the update.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

This request has been consolidated into COW2019500203.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
FOIA Office
P. O. Box 648010
Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010

July 26, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

Thank you for the update.

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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 71272
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

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On July 26, 2019:
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information Act Request: CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov> Emails
This request has been consolidated into COW2019500203.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
FOIA Office
P. O. Box 648010
Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010

July 25, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 2, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

Filed via MuckRock.com
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 71272
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

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On April 2, 2019:
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov%3cmailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov>> Emails
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov%3cmailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov>>, containing the following non-case-sensitive keystring in the content or headers of the emails, "anthonyjim85@gmail.com<mailto:anthonyjim85@gmail.com><mailto:anthonyjim85@gmail.com%3cmailto:anthonyjim85@gmail.com%3e>".

Please search from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2018.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

Filed via MuckRock.com
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Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 71272
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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On April 2, 2019:
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov> Emails
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov<mailto:CIS.Guangzhou@uscis.dhs.gov>, containing the following non-case-sensitive keystring in the content or headers of the emails, "anthonyjim85@gmail.com<mailto:anthonyjim85@gmail.com>".

Please search from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2018.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 71272
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Thank you for the update.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

In order to check the status of your FOIA request please access the below hyperlink and type in your case number. Your case number is in the acknowledgement letter we mailed to you.
check-status-foia-request https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/freedom-information-and-privacy-act-foia/foia-request-status-check-average-processing-times/check-status-foia-request

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

This request has been consolidated into COW2019500203.

Thank You,
FOIA/USCIS/DHS
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From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Taylor-Scott Amarel

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

COW2019500203 is open and inline to be processed.

Thank You,
FOIA/USCIS/DHS
A

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Hi,

Your case is currently 878 out of 1314 pending requests. The estimated completion date is 03/12/2020. Please feel free to check the status of your request on https://first.uscis.gov/#/check-status.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Good morning,

Your request is 863 of 1361 pending requests. This is an estimated date based on average processing times. Availability of records and complexity of request may affect completion date.

Please feel free to continue to check the status of your request online at https://first.uscis.gov/#/check-status.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Hi,

I am providing you with a link to check your status online. You may check the status of your FOIA request at: https://first.uscis.gov/#/check-status

By checking your status online, this frees up our staff to process pending requests. We are currently processing cases from our backlog and are experiencing a high volume of incoming requests. FOIA operates on a first in, first out basis.

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