i received this message from a california mailing list, forward onto the new mexico mailing list yesterday, but forgot to sent it along to the nm counties mailing list. bye for now, sam-quito ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Sierra, Socorro & Valencia http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmsierra/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmsocorr/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmvalenc/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Sam-Quito Padilla G. <samquito@nmia.com> To: New Mexico Roots <nmgen-l@usroots.com> Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:14 AM Subject: Re: SS-5 form increase >>From another list. >I hate to be bearer of bad news. >However, read on. > > >If you have been procrastinating sending off for a Social Security >> application for any of your ancestors, now is the time to do it! >> >> Effective July 1, 2001, there will be a major fee increase for processing >> requests for copies of original applications for Social Security cards and >> for computer extracts of this information. This has been confirmed with >> Roger Williams in the FOIA office of the SSA. >> >> New Fees (effective July 1, 2001): >> >> Copies of the original application for a Social Security card (Form SS-5) >> will cost $27 if the social security number is provided, and $29 if it is >> not provided. These fees were previously $7 and $16.50, respectively. >> >> Computer extracts of the application will cost $16 with the number and $18 >> without. >> >> Requests postmarked prior to July 1, 2001, will not be subject to the new >> fees. So, if you've procrastinated on your requests, get them in now! >> Requests posted on or after July 1, 2001, will be returned if they do not >> include the new amount and a credit card number has not been provided to >> charge for additional costs."