The phrase "request to formalize" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used when someone is asking for a certain process or agreement to be made official or legally binding. Example: The CEO sent a request to the board of directors to formalize the company's code of conduct.
Abkhazia's political envoy to Moscow, Igor M. Akhba, said today in an interview that "government institutions in Abkhazia are working out proper documents to be submitted" to formalize the request for association, which would guarantee Abkhazia's autonomy while ceding some government functions to Russia.
In dismissing the suit, Judge Ralph R. Beistline of Federal District Court in Alaska, wrote that "the court interprets this claim as a request that the court require Secretary Salazar to formalize a moratorium on oil drilling in Alaska so that the state has something which can be appealed under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA").
After communicating with Italian authorities, however, Interpol launched a "red alert" in order to formalize Italy's eventual request for extradition.
Fedorov told me that whenever he asked for a contract to formalize his compensation Guryev deflected the request by saying, "You don't trust me or something?" (Two other employees told me that PhosAgro, in its early days, established compensation almost entirely by verbal contracts).
Also, the formal language of pure set theory allows to formalize all mathematical notions and arguments.
Has anyone attempted to formalize a detached Arabic before?
Yet people still seem to want to formalize their affections.
The Argentine government has until April 14th to formalize the deal.
Officials are now seeking to formalize and strengthen that policy.
After a few months, we had to formalize it.
