FOIA Library
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Frequently requested records have been disclosed, in full or with redactions, pursuant to previous FOIA requests.
EOIR Forms
EOIR Case Data
In 2008, EOIR began receiving requests from a university-affiliated data clearinghouse for large, raw data files from the agency’s case file electronic database. As EOIR has received at least three FOIA requests for this information, the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 requires the agency to make the records available for public inspection in an electronic format. That data is updated monthly and posted below.
- EOIR Case Data (February 2025)
- EOIR Case Data Code Key (May 2019)
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Other Materials
Statistics
Manuals
- Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Issued December 2020)
- Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Revised: September 2018)
- Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Issued: December 2013)
- BIA Practice Manual (Archived: 01/13/2021)
- Immigration Court Practice Manual (Archived: 01/13/2021)
Decisions
- Matter of B-Z-R- (PDF)
- BIA Decision 12-8-15 (PDF)
- BIA Decision 5-6-11 (PDF)
- Matter of Fauziya Kasinga
- United States v. John Jay College (PDF)
- Matter of Vides Casanova, 26 I&N Dec. 494 (BIA 2015) (PDF)
- In re: L-A-B-R- (PDF)
- In re: L-A-B-R-(rider) (PDF)
- In re: L-A-B-R-(rider) (PDF)
- Underlying decision in Amicus Invitation No. 18-02-27 (PDF)
- In re: A-B- (PDF)
- Matter of Castillo-Perez (PDF)
- Matter of Reyes (PDF)
- Matter of A-M-R-C- (PDF)
- Matter of A-M-R-C -(PDF)
Videos
- Immigration Court Video Advisal (English: detained)
- Immigration Court Video Advisal (English: non-detained)
- Immigration Court Video Advisal (Spanish: detained)
- Immigration Court Video Advisal (Spanish: non-detained)
FOIA Logs
- FOIA Log FY 2020 Complex and ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2021 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2021 ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2022 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2022 ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2023 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2023 ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q1 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q2 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q2 ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q3 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q3 ROP (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q4 Complex (PDF)
- FOIA Log FY 2024 Q4 ROP (PDF)
Other
- EOIR Performance Plan-Adjudicative Employees (PDF)
- Immigration Law Advisor
- Immigration Judge Performance Metrics (PDF)
- Immigration Judge and Appellate Immigration Judge Hiring Process (PDF)
- Legal Case Study: Summary Report - Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF) Part 3 (PDF)
- MOA between DHS and EOIR regarding the Sharing of Information on Immigration Cases 2012 (PDF)
- Change of Venue (COV) Booklet (PDF)
- Zip Code to Court Location Mapping in CASE Application (PDF)