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> On Dec 11, 2019, at 8:34 AM, 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not that I think that they will listen to us but; I have submitted my > comments. > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > From: Cheri Mello > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 9:05 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; Azores > Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: USCIS Proposed Fee hikes > > (Cross posted: Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes lists) > > When I was 10 years old, my immigrant ancestor, who was my great-grandmother, > was still alive. I received a photocopy of her naturalization certificate for > my history project for school. Pretty cool! She became a U.S. Citizen in > 1956. Her husband was already deceased and I was told he didn't want to > become a U.S. Citizen. Or so says the family story. > > The 1940 U.S. Federal Census tells a different story though: > <40512D6E6AD348C9B9B71E05DCB2DC1E.png> > > In the Citizenship column, it states that Manuel Mello has filed papers (at > least as of April 1940). His wife, is still listed as an Alien. > > Want to know how much faith I have in the USCIS finding the CORRECT Manuel > Mello? This much: . Yep, that little dot. That's not much faith in them > finding the correct Manuel Mello for the current $65 USD. And there's > absolutely NO WAY I'd order it for $240. And that's just for them to LOOK for > it. I'd rather look myself. I would do a much better job than the government > employee. > > And what about his 2 sisters that came to America and stayed on the east > coast? The citizenship data is missing on the 1940 on one sister. I'd love to > scour the records myself to see if she naturalized or not. Wouldn't it be > great to access these records ourselves? > > Please write to Records Not Revenue and leave a comment. It takes about 10 > minutes. We need a ton of responses whether or not you have the information > on your immigrant ancestor or not. > > 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! > > Thanks everybody! Cheri > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 8:26 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > (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_GrEA0%3D03_PyueKQNEkb4XaJ%2B%2BdoKohcqMLLAFQcyBB-Q%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > 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/5df11a82.1c69fb81.9047c.0d94SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. > <40512D6E6AD348C9B9B71E05DCB2DC1E.png> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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