The phrase "a request to move" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when asking someone to change their location or position, whether physically or in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "I submitted a request to move my office to a quieter area of the building."
Alternatives: "a plea to relocate" or "a demand to shift".
He refused a request to move to the university full time because he did not want to leave the school.
The deliveryman appeared to interpret this gesture as a request to move the grocery bags to the counter.
He denied a request to move up O'Rourke in the line of succession behind the deputy secretary, this person said.
The Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, in Denver, rejected a request to move the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial out of Utah.
One girl is frustrated when Heather, concentrating on packing a bag, doesn't hear a request to move out of the way.
An article on Tuesday about a recommendation by the N.B.A. relocation committee that the league's owners reject a request to move the Sacramento Kings to Seattle erroneously included, in some editions, one owner among the members of the committee.
Nigerians have become notorious for their Internet scams, such as e-mails with a bogus request to move funds to an offshore bank, which ask for the recipient's account number in exchange for lucrative profit.
It describes a smooth rise in Brent children's services, culminating in a successful request to move to the intake team in 1997.
He noted that Turkey, which had previously rejected a U.S. request to move 62,000 troops across its territory to open a northern front in the war, on Thursday approved overflight rights for U.S. and coalition warplanes.
The development came as Irwin agreed to a government request to move consideration of the application to strike down the claims behind closed doors.
In 2013, she was charged with (and subsequently cleared of) obstructing the highway and failing to comply with a police request to move when protesting against Cuadrilla's exploratory drilling for shale gas in Balcombe.
