How to apply for FOIA for US entry exit dates

[Alias]

Hi Friends,

Is there any old post which gives us the step by step for applying FOIA for US entry exit dates. I searched the forum but could not locate which has the 'how to' details.
Can anyone point me /provide the link where I can find the information.

many thanks,

 

[sjakub]

This is what I wrote in another topic.

The one thing to add is that creating an account is VERY IMPORTANT.
I have seen several posts written by people who didn't do that
and they had problems with their reports and had to resubmit their requests.

Also, I think sending photos of the passport pages may not be strictly necessary.
I do know that they need your exact date of birth (my friend did the same thing,
without passport photos and it was rejected due to missing date of birth).

I didn't put it in the request, but apparently they took it from my passport photo.
If you don't include those photos, make sure you include your date of birth in the request.

If anybody is still interested in this,
I ordered FOIA records ( https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home ).

First, I created an account.

After that I created a request with following details:

Agency: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Reason: I wrote that I need my travel records for immigration purposes in Canada, that
at least one entry is missing in I-94 online report, and my passport details (country, number).

I also attached a photo of the passport bio page and a photo of the page with the US visa.

In the "max amount" field I entered $100, but they didn't charge me anything.

I was expecting this to take weeks (or maybe even months), but I received an email
with a PDF file with the requested report the very next day (!!!).

And the most important part is that the entry that is missing in I-94 records is there!!