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Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations

Report Number Title Issue Date Sort ascending Fiscal Year
OIG-24-11 Summary of Selected DHS Components that Did Not Consistently Restrict Access to Systems and Information 2024
OIG-23-40 USCIS Has Generally Met Statutory Requirements to Adjudicate Asylum Applications from Paroled Afghan Evacuees 2023
OIG-22-65 USCIS Should Improve Controls to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Its Systems and Information 2022
OIG-22-10 USCIS' U Visa Program is Not Managed Effectively and is Susceptible to Fraud (REDACTED) 2022
OIG-22-12 Continued Reliance on Manual Processing Slowed USCIS' Benefits Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic 2022
OIG-21-56 USCIS Needs to Improve Its Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Process 2021
OIG-21-16 DHS Has Not Effectively Implemented the Prompt Asylum Pilot Programs 2021
OIG-19-40 Data Quality Improvements Needed to Track Adjudicative Decisions 2019
OIG-18-78 USCIS' Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement 2018
OIG-18-61 Verification Review: Better Safeguards Are Needed in USCIS Green Card Issuance (OIG-17-11) 2018
OIG-18-58 USCIS Has Unclear Website Information and Unrealistic Time Goals for Adjudicating Green Card Applications 2018
OIG-18-23 USCIS Has Been Unsuccessful in Automating Naturalization Benefits Delivery 2018
OIG-18-03 USCIS Needs a Better Approach to Verify H-1B Visa Participants 2018
OIG-17-111 Individuals with Multiple Identities in Historical Fingerprint Enrollment Records Who Have Received Immigration Benefits 2017
OIG-17-84 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' Management Letter for DHS' Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Statements Audit 2017
OIG-17-76 Information Technology Management Letter for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Component of the FY 2016 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit 2017
OIG-17-42 H-2 Petition Fee Structure is Inequitable and Contributes to Processing Errors 2017
OIG-17-26-MA Management Alert - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Use of the Electronic Immigration System for Naturalization Benefits Processing (OIG-17-26-MA) 2017
OIG-17-23-VR Verification Review of USCIS' Progress in Implementing OIG Recommendations for SAVE to Accurately Determine Immigration Status of Individuals Ordered Deported 2017
OIG-17-11 Better Safeguards Are Needed in USCIS Green Card Issuance 2017
OIG-16-130 Potentially Ineligible Individuals Have Been Granted U.S.Citizenship Because of Incomplete Fingerprint Records 2016
OIG-16-96-IQO Oversight Review of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Investigations Division 2016
OIG-16-70 Information Technology Management Letter for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Component of the FY 2015 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit 2016
OIG-16-79 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' Management Letter for DHS' FY 2015 Financial Statements Audit 2016
OIG-16-48 USCIS Automation of Immigration Benefits Processing Remains Ineffective 2016
OIG-16-17 ICE and USCIS Could Improve Data Quality and Exchange to Help Identify Potential Human Trafficking Cases 2016
OIG-15-122 USCIS' Issuance of 3-year Employment Authorization Documents Following a Federal District Court Injunction 2015
OIG-15-72 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Management Letter for DHS' FY 2014 Financial Statements Audit 2015
OIG-15-43 Information Technology Management Letter for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Component of the FY 2014 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit 2015
OIG-14-112 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Information Technology Management Progress and Challenges 2014
OIG-14-99 Radio Frequency Identification Security at USCIS Is Managed Effectively, But Can Be Strengthened 2014
OIG-14-71 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Management Letter for FY 2013 DHS Financial Statements Audit 2014
OIG-14-36 USCIS Controls To Ensure Employers Sponsoring H-1B and L-1 Employees Pay Applicable Border Security Fee 2014
OIG-14-19 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5) Regional Center Program 2014
OIG-13-107 Implementation of L-1 Visa Regulations 2013
OIG-13-97 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Tracking and Monitoring of Potentially Fraudulent Petitions and Applications for Family-Based Immigration Benefits 2013
OIG-13-81 Information Technology Management Letter for the Citizenship and Immigration Services Component of the FY 2012 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit 2013
OIG-13-59 United States Coast Guard’s Management Letter for FY 2012 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit 2013
OIG-13-57 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Management Letter for FY 2012 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit 2013
OIG-13-11 Improvements Needed for SAVE To Accurately Determine Immigration Status of Individuals Ordered Deported (Revised) 2013
OIG-12-125 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program Issues 2012
OIG-12-83 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Laptop Safeguards Need Improvements 2012
OIG-12-56 Information Technology Management Letter for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Component of the FY 2011 DHS Financial Statement Audit 2012
OIG-12-54 USCIS' Management Letter for FY 2011 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit 2012
OIG-12-24 The Effects of USCIS Adjudication Procedures and Policies on Fraud Detection by Immigration Services Officers 2012
OIG-12-12 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Progress in Transformation 2012
OIG-11-105 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Adjudication of Petitions for Nonimmigrant Workers (I-129 Petitions for H-1B and H-2B visas) 2011
OIG-11-85 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Privacy Stewardship 2011
OIG-11-74 Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2010 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Financial Statement Audit 2011
OIG-11-63 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Management Letter for FY 2010 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit 2011