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• ESC Request Form
• Instructions for ESC Request Form

Request Escort Screening Courtesies

Missions are required to complete a “Request for Escort Screening Courtesies” Form.  The Office of Foreign Missions will not accept forms submitted by consular posts. Completed request forms should be downloaded and saved on the mission’s computer. The form must then be submitted on-line to the Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) as an e-mail attachment. The e-mail with the attached form should be sent to escortscreening@state.gov at least three full business days (i.e., Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. holidays and weekends) prior to the anticipated date of first departure from a U.S. airport. A request submitted Friday morning, for example, for a departure the following Monday does not meet the above criteria and is unlikely to be accommodated. Missions should also note that the term “departure” refers to any flight from a U.S. airport regardless of destination, and not just flights from U.S. airports to destinations outside the U.S.

To expedite the review of a request, missions should list the surname or family name in capital letters and match the spelling of the name on the individual’s visa. The Embassy Point-of-Contact (POC) designated on the form must be available at all times before departure to receive calls from the assigned escort officer. Since failure to confirm dates, time, and location of departures may prevent the escort officer from arriving at the airport, specific contact information, including a daytime and after-hours telephone number, is mandatory. If there are multiple departure airports and more than one POC, contact information for each POC must be included.

A separate request must be submitted for each person for whom screening courtesies are sought even if they have the same itinerary. Information on the number of additional persons who may be accompanying the individual(s) under escort, but who are not entitled to screening courtesies themselves, would be helpful to the escort officer and the Transportation Security Administration.