How to Check on the Status of Your FOIA Request You can now check the status of your FOIA request online if you know the FOIA reference number. When you received an Acknowledgement Letter for your FOIA case from the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator, the FOIA reference number was included on the line above the salutation (e.g., Reference: F-####-#####). To avoid error messages, please enter the complete FOIA reference number into the search field. Only one FOIA reference number can be entered at a time. Enter the FOIA Reference Number: * What is a CAPTCHA?A CAPTCHA is a test to tell humans and robots apart. You've probably used one before: identifying a string of letters from an image to show that you are human, rather than a "bot". Captcha challenge Which digit is 7th in the number 8368948? * Question text provided by textcaptcha.com