22 CFR § 171.2 - Types of records maintained.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s171.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 171.2 - Types of records maintained."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "171.2"
section_name: "Types of records maintained."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "ACCESS TO INFORMATION"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a; 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; E.O. 12600 (52 FR 23781); Pub. L. 114-185; Pub. L. 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824 (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. Ch. 131); 5 CFR part 2634."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 71740, Oct. 18, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "171"
---
# 171.2 Types of records maintained.
Most of the records maintained by the Department pertain to the formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy. The Department also maintains certain records that pertain to individuals, such as applications for U.S. passports, applications for U.S. visas, records on consular assistance given abroad by U.S. Foreign Service posts to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, and records on Department employees. Further information on the types of records maintained by the Department may be obtained by reviewing the Department's records disposition schedules, which are available on the Department's FOIA website at *www.foia.state.gov*.