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US Immigration: Changes to the Form G28

By Ben Hart

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Recently the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service has issued a notice that the form G28 Notice of Appearance will be updated and the updated form will be the only one accepted in the future. The following article will briefly describe what the form G28 is and the effect its change will have upon United States Immigration for foreign loved ones.

United States Citizens meet, form relationships with, and sometimes marry people from all over the world. As a result, there are a large number of United States Immigration petitions submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). In some cases, the petitioner and beneficiary opt to deal with the Immigration matter on their own and in those situations a form G-28 will not be filed. The G28 is a notice from a United States attorney that they are acting as the representative of record for the matter pending before USCIS on behalf of the petitioner or beneficiary (or both the petitioner and the beneficiary).

One of the major changes in the current G28 is the fact that the form now stipulates the United States agency concerned. For example, if the matter involves the Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP), then the attorney will check the box which states that the attorney is representing the client in a matter before CBP. If the attorney is representing a client who has had been apprehended by the agency known as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), then he or she will be required to indicate that the G28 is submitted in connection with a pending matter before ICE.

When a G28 is submitted in conjunction with a US visa application it is general practice for USCIS to send a copy of all pertinent correspondence to both the petitioner and the petitioner's attorney. Further, when the United States Embassy sends a letter to the foreign beneficiary informing him or her that they are prepared to set an interview (commonly referred to as the Packet 3 letter), the US attorney will usually be copied in on this correspondence.

As stated previously, the G28 is an effective method of determining whether or not one is dealing with a real attorney as, in general, only a licensed attorney will be authorized to represent clients before USCIS, CBP, and ICE. Never feel too shy to ask to see an attorney's credentials. Any United States Immigration practitioner who is unable to produce some sort of license (state bar license, state Supreme Court license, Federal Court license, etc.) should be viewed with caution.

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