FOIA request
FOIA request typing for immigration records in Houston, Texas
CPV Multiservices types FOIA requests in Houston, Texas, the written request that asks a government agency for copies of your own immigration records, from USCIS, ICE, CBP or the Department of State. We give you our fee at your appointment, before any work starts. Anything the agency itself charges is set by the government, not by CPV, and paid separately.
We type, translate and organize the forms and documents you or your attorney have chosen. We do not choose a procedure, determine eligibility or represent you.
CPV fee
Price on request
Confirmed with you before we start
USCIS fees are separate
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I need my immigration records
A FOIA request asks the government for a copy of your own immigration file.
What we do with you
If you do not know what the government has in your file, or your attorney asked for it, we type the FOIA request with you: we identify which agency holds your documents (USCIS, ICE or CBP), fill out the form and leave it ready to send.
For example
You entered the country years ago and do not remember what papers you signed at the border. With a FOIA request you ask for a copy of everything the government has in your name.
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Fees
CPV fee
Price on request
USCIS fees are separate
Government filing fees are separate, set by the government, and paid to the agency. Check the current official fees before filing.
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Why people ask for their records
You or your attorney have already selected a request for your immigration records. You want help reading the instructions, entering your answers and organizing the documents, in English or Spanish.
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What the fee pays for
- We complete the request and the signed authorization the agency requires.
- We write down your previous addresses and your travel history with you, as the request asks for them.
- We name in the request the specific records you are asking for.
- When the records arrive, we read them with you and translate what they say.
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What we do not handle
- Any search, duplication or other charge assessed by the agency is separate from CPV’s fee. Check that agency’s official FOIA information before submitting.
- Filing. We do not file your request for you: you, or your attorney, file it.
- Legal advice. Claudia Perez Vila is not an attorney and is not an accredited representative of the Department of Justice. We can tell you what a record says; what it means for your case is a legal question, and we do not answer it. We do not represent you before any agency or in court.
- The release itself. The agency decides what it hands over and what it withholds, and nobody here can promise what will come back.
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Documents to bring
- Government-issued ID
- Alien Registration Number (if available)
- Previous addresses and travel history
- Signed authorization form
- The specific records being requested
Bring the documents you already have. This is a preparation checklist, not a determination of eligibility or an exhaustive list of filing requirements. Follow the current official instructions for the form you or your attorney selected.
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The order of operations
You tell us what you are looking for
A notice that never arrived, an old filing, a border record. The request has to name the records, so we start there.
We build the request with you
Identification, alien registration number if you have one, previous addresses, travel history, and the signed authorization.
You sign, and we go through what comes back
The authorization is yours to sign. When the records arrive, bring them in and we read them with you.
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FOIA questions
What is a FOIA requesté
It is the written request that gets you copies of your own immigration records, directly from the agency that holds them: USCIS, ICE, CBP or the Department of State. People ask for it when they do not know what was filed for them in the past, or when they need to see a record before anything else is typed.
Can you tell me what my records mean for my case?
We can read them with you and translate what they say, line by line. What they mean for your eligibility is a legal question, and Claudia Perez Vila is not an attorney, so we do not answer it. If the records show a prior denial, a removal order or an arrest, speak with a licensed immigration attorney; the American Immigration Lawyers Association lists them at ailalawyer.com.
Other services that often go together
They are close in our catalog, not a recommendation of procedure.
Talk to Claudia about your documents
Tell us which form you need typed. We confirm the scope and price with you before work starts. Houston and remote appointments, in English or Spanish.