My position in the FOIA request
Posted by: Lucente
Just checked my Freedom of Information Act request with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and I am request number 5,491 of 5,809 pending requests.
I think I have a wait.
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As of 19 December 2008, my FOIA request is number 1,139 of 6,687 pending requests.
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Posted by: 11 July, 2008 - 03:04:00
I'm following your blog as I am trying a similar path to you, although a bit harder because I am going back to great-great-grandfather.
I was just curious if you know about the new USCIS genealogy online search coming August 13th? http://tinyurl.com/6gp6gt
I am holding off to submit my search for that.
You may want to consider doing both (although you'll have to pay) because the USCIS genealogy program may be much quicker.
Posted by: 11 July, 2008 - 03:07:13
Nevermind, I saw the June archived post that you know of it.
Posted by: Lucente11 July, 2008 - 14:07:42
Yes, I have been watching that. Though, as I follow my FOIA request, I notice they are getting through 50 to 100 requests a day, which means my request should be fulfilled sometime September, so I will have to decide if it is worth it.
I have not seen how much the new service will cost, have you?
Posted by: 13 July, 2008 - 23:38:51
Yeah, I saw an email from someone at the USCIS office that is going to do the genealogy search: http://tinyurl.com/6842r3
Apparently $20 for the search, and $20-$35 for the copy depending on the type of record. I would gladly pay that to keep the search under a year, but I don't have enough concrete information on my GGGF's arrival/name spelling to make a request at the moment.