Every agency this tool can write to

Pick the agency you think holds the records. If you are not sure, pick the closest one. An agency that receives a request for records it does not hold has to pass it on, and you can start again here at any time.

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)
• U.S. Department of State
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (investigations and audits)
• Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel (legal case records)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Medicare or Medicaid records (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Privacy Office
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy
• Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
• U.S. Marshals Service
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Another agency, or I am not sure which one