USCIS Office of Legislative Affairs Congressional Web Portal iiJ~ •• ~ 1- 11 ~ USCIS Office of How To Submit an Inquiry Legislative Affairs
The Congressional Web Inquiry Form allows congressional staff to submit casework and policy related inquiries online. Please visit the Congressional Web Portal webpage for more information and resources. This web form is exclusively for congressional offices. Please do not share this form with the public.
1 For technical support, please email [email protected]. Staffer Information Enter your First and Last r First Name !Jane I "' Name (required). Middle Name I I ~ Last Name \. l l □ oe 1...- 2 Enter your Email Address (required) and Member Staffer Email of Congress (required). Alternate Email Note: The 0 Staffer/Alternate email II- Select- address must be a .gov email. No other email address is accepted.
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Select the Member of Inquiry Type I Congress (required) Abigail Spanberger that the inquiry is being OLIA Office I Adam Kinzinger submitted on behalf of. Privacy Release I Adam Schiff Adam Smith ~ 0 Description IAd ri an Sm ith Ad ri ano Espaillat Note: If no Member exists Al Green or submitting the inquiry Al Lawson on behalf of a Alan Lowentha l Committee/Subcommittee, A-Number Albia Sires select the appropriate Alcee Hasti ngs value and include the name Receipt Number Alejandro Pad illa in the Description field. Alex Mooney ELIS Account Id Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alma Adams Amata Radewagen .... 1 A. OLA Congressional Web Portal iiJ~•• ~~1- 11 ~ How To Submit an Inquiry USCIS Office of Legislative Affairs
4 Inquiry Information Issue Po Select the Issue, Form Number, Form Type. Form Number No Form Note: If Other Issue is Form Type I --None-- 0 selected, you MUST Issue Other Comments include details in the Issue Other Comments field.
Inquiry Type 5 OLIA Office Privacy Release I Policy ' Select the Inquiry Type Admin istration (required). Description General Note: Casework inquiries 0 require Constituent Information and a Privacy Release.
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Privacy Release 6 Adoption Inquiries Description Agana Albany Select the OLA Office Albuquerque L Anchorage (required) inquiry needs Arlington Asylum to be directed to. A-Number Atlanta Baltimore Note: If you are unsure, Receipt Number Boise Boston 0 check the receipt notice, ELIS Account Id Boston Asylum Sub-Office Case Status Online or the Buffalo Cal ifornia Service Center Case Processing Times Central Reg ional Offi ce page. Forward to your Charleston Charlotte local office if you are still Upload File Charlotte Ama lie USVI unsure. Chicago Upload File @ Chicago Asylum = rivacy Re lease
7 Description Select the status of the Assu ra nces Received Privacy Release (required). Awa iting Receipt See Related Inqu iry Not App licable 2 OLA Congressional Web Portal iiJ~ •• ~ 1- 11~ USCIS Office of How To Submit an Inquiry Legislative Affairs
I 8 Description I am writing to check in on my Appli cant, Janice J Jackson for her JnQ form I have uploaded her Privacy Release and su pporting documentation. Thanks Enter a Description to provide details about the inquiry. Treat the “Description” box like the Note: Be sure to enter name of body of an email; click on the Committee; additional forms bottom right to expand the text box numbers; and constituent names in the description box. 9 Constituent Information First Name Enter Applicant/Beneficiary/ Constituent Information. Middle Name • Name (Required) • Date of Birth (Required) Last Name • A-Number (Required) Date of Birth IImm /dd/yyyy • Receipt Number ~------~ • ELIS Account ID Note: If you DO NOT have the 0 A-Number, enter N/A. Receipt A-Number IIA123456789 Number and ELIS Account ID can be left blank. Receipt Number I10E1234557a91 10 ELIS Account Id Attach supporting documentation. You can Atta.c h Related Files upload up to 6 individual 10 documents. All file types are Upload File C:\users\jmjones\Work FC: Browse ... acceptable. File size limit is 4 MB. Upload FiJe Browse ... •
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Click Submit only once. Slight delay until • confirmation page is displayed. Thank you for your submission. Keep track of this You will receive an email momentarily number/confirmation email in case you need to Important: Before submitting the with an Inquiry Number. Please use check on the inquiry or inquiry , confirm that all required this Inquiry Number if you have any send us additional fields have been filled in and there information. are NO SPACES between any of the questions regarding this inquiry. data entered (ex. NO SPACE between Inquiry Number: 11 6-08588464 A Number letters and digits). You receive a separate confirmation email. 3 OLA Congressional Web Portal iiJ~ •• ~ 1- 11 ~ USCIS Office of Things To Know Legislative Affairs
. The Staffer and Alternate email address MUST end with “.gov”.
. Do your best to complete the full web form, including non- required fields and attachments (e.g., Privacy Releases). The more information we have about the inquiry, the sooner we can begin researching the information.
. If you are submitting an inquiry on behalf of the Committee/Subcommittee, include the information in the Description field.
. Additional form numbers and constituents should be included in the Description field.
. For constituent information, if the A-number is not available, type N/A in the field.
. Click Submit only once. There is a slight delay until the confirmation page is displayed.
. Keep track of your inquiry number. You can use this number to follow up on your inquiry.
. Congressional staff are encouraged to respond directly to USCIS staff through the email exchange with the Thread ID in it. It will connect your responses to the inquiry for tracking purposes. You can follow-up on your inquiry by responding to the confirmation email you receive once the inquiry has been submitted through the Web Portal. Note: Please DO NOT carbon copy (cc) the office mailbox. This creates a duplicate email and inquiry.
. Our contact records are managed by a third-party subscription service. If you submit an inquiry via the web form and did not receive a confirmation email (check junk mail), please email [email protected] to have a contact record submitted. It will take up to 48 hours to have the system updated.
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