Legal Disclosure

 An IFS may provide non-legal immigration services. Generally, these are services that do not require an attorney.  

Examples of non-legal immigration services include:

•  Helping people complete immigration forms and applications. 

• Translating a person’s answers to questions on the immigration forms.

•  Help a person collect supporting documents, such as birth certificates, or other vital records that may be needed to complete immigration forms.

•  Collecting support documents, such as birth certificates or other vital records, required for the application. 

• Submitting completed forms to immigration authorities on an applicant’s behalf.
   

•  Advising clients on how to get a work permit, visa, or other immigration status matters. - Advising or selecting particular forms for a client in an immigration matter or withholding documents from a client. 

• Advising clients on answers to put on an immigration form. 

• Advising clients on statutes and immigration benefits that may be available. 

•  Advising clients on legal remedies that might be available to them during the immigration process. 

• Representing clients before a government agency or an immigration court unless the IFS is also an attorney or an accredited representative. 

• Making promises to secure benefits in an immigration matter if the IFS does not have a firm basis for making the promise.