Copied from another mailing list. Dorothy J. Schendel [email protected] I got my copy of his naturalization from the INS. Visit their website to find the address of the appropriate office. With the INS, you have to send your FOIA request to *your* nearest INS office, not the office nearest the incident. (I originally wrote to an office in PA, only to have them send it back and tell me to mail it to a local office.) When you write to the INS, be sure to give as much information as possible, but most importantly the time you believe him to have recieved his naturalization, and where he lived at the time. And be patient...since 9/11, the INS seems to be moving much more slowly on FOIA requests. I had originally written for my grandfather's papers in April 2001. In Oct 2001 I received "most" of the papers, but due to a clerical error (which they claim wasn't their fault) I received someone else's Declaration of Intention. I had to start all over again because my request was closed. So, in November 2001 (post 9/11, and during the anthrax mailings) I wrote again with even greater detail. On March 31, 2003--over a year later--I got my papers. This didn't cost me a thing, just time. Good luck.