(Cross posted to Azores, Maderia, and IslandRoutes lists) The fees for the United States Naturalization records are under review and the new increase will cost us over $600! We have *ONE WEEK* to write and complain. Below are some articles.
Dick Eastman's article: https://blog.eogn.com/2019/11/15/uscis-proposes-fee-increases-for-genealogy-records/ Judy Russell's article with a place to complain (with samples and writing prompts). You must complete this by MONDAY, DECEMBER 16. https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2019/11/21/records-not-revenue/ Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, blogged about this again. She says: <<If this rule is adopted, the cost of getting a record search done at USCIS — the first step that lets us know if the agency actually holds records about a research target — will rise from $65 to $240. And the cost of getting a paper record identified in that record search, such as a visa file, will rise from $65 to $385. So a record that, today, costs a maximum of $130 will cost *$625* if this rule goes into effect. And that vastly higher fee will be for records that, in many cases, should have already been transferred to the National Archives and so available to us all for much lower fees.>> Full article here. https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2019/12/02/fight-the-fee-hikes/ Then someone (Ronnie French? Elaine Mello?) posted this. <<My cousin followed Judy's advice and emailed Reclaim the Records. She said: "I just got an email from Reclaim the Records, and they are talking to their lawyers about this. Apparently, a lot of these records should have been turned over to NARA a while ago, but they urge everyone to comment on the https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? page in the hopes that they can in the short term stop the increase while they work on the long term to release the records." 1) Go to https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? (Yes, the question mark is part of the URL). Read the information. 2) Open another tab with the writing prompts at: https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/conversation-starters/ (I blended a couple of them together). 3) Then submit it via their portal. This must be done by DECEMBER 16th! >> I'm going to keep sending this email to the list(s) every couple of days until December 16th! All U.S. researchers need to write in!! Thank you to all who will take the 5-10 minutes to write in! Cheri Mello, An avid, hard-core, die-hard genealogist On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 9:30 AM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > (Cross posted to Madeira and Island Routes lists) > > Dick Eastman, as well as Judy Russell (The Legal Genealogist) wrote about > the huge price increase for U.S. Naturalization records. The new fees are > ridiculous! Over $600 total!! > > Dick Eastman's article: > > https://blog.eogn.com/2019/11/15/uscis-proposes-fee-increases-for-genealogy-records/ > > Judy Russell's article with a place to complain (with samples and writing > prompts). You must complete this by MONDAY, DECEMBER 16. > https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2019/11/21/records-not-revenue/ > > My cousin followed Judy's advice and emailed Reclaim the Records. She said: > <<I just got an email from Reclaim the Records, and they are talking to > their lawyers about this. Apparently, a lot of these records should have > been turned over to NARA a while ago, but they urge everyone to comment on > the https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? page in the hopes that they can > in the short term stop the increase while they work on the long term to > release the records.>> > > 1) Go to https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/? (Yes, the question mark is > part of the URL). Read the information. > > 2) Open another tab with the writing prompts at: > https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/conversation-starters/ > (I blended a couple of them together). > > 3) Then submit it via their portal. This must be done by DECEMBER 16th! > > I'm going to keep sending this email to the list(s) every few days until > December 16th! > > Thank you to all who will take the 5-10 minutes to write in! > Cheri Mello, An avid, hard-core, die-hard genealogist > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_HQd7aS5ZBc4AN%3D4nokmqBkaR4ybYi6eks1KPaw82A2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
