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Government raising fees for researchers - Christine - 12-12-2019 02:53 PM
Just a head's up. The The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is proposing an increase of over 500% in accessing and receiving copies of historical immigrant records! The worry I have is that if passed, other records collections may follow suite.
"Current fees for copies of records are $65 for an index search, plus $65 to receive a copy of the record. The proposal would boost the fee for search and digitized records to $240, plus $385 if the record is available in paper only, totaling $625 per record."
Please consider lodging your complaints with them.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/14/2019-24366/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration?fbclid=IwAR1lmEH-O725Ap1mOJCZ-qLnBOe_GccqLfDCwBdJ5h6-HsGujAe-Mtaj5CY#open-comment
https://www.deseret.com/2019/12/11/21005211/romney-immigration-services-fee-hikes-family-history-research-genealogy-program-ancestry-mormon
RE: Government raising fees for researchers - LincolnMan - 12-13-2019 10:22 AM
Sounds outrageous to say the least. My complaint is filed. Thank you for posting.