California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 19.5 - Immigration Consultants

• Section 22440.
  It is unlawful for any person, for compensation, other than persons authorized to practice law or authorized by federal law to represent persons before the...
• Section 22441.
  (a) A person engages in the business or acts in the capacity of an immigration consultant when that person gives nonlegal assistance or advice on an...
• Section 22441.1.
  (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall satisfactorily pass a background check conducted by the Secretary...
• Section 22442.
  (a) Every person engaged in the business, or acting in the capacity of, an immigration consultant who enters into a contract or agreement with a client...
• Section 22442.1.
  (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall provide a signed receipt to a client for each...
• Section 22442.2.
  (a) An immigration consultant shall conspicuously display in his or her office a notice that shall be at least 12 by 20 inches with boldface type...
• Section 22442.3.
  (a) An immigration consultant shall not, with the intent to mislead, literally translate, from English into another language, any words or titles, including, but not limited...
• Section 22442.4.
  (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall submit to the Department of Justice, fingerprint images and...
• Section 22442.5.
  (a) An immigration consultant who provides immigration reform act services shall establish and deposit into a client trust account any funds received from a client prior...
• Section 22442.6.
  (a) It is unlawful for an immigration consultant to demand or accept the advance payment of any funds from a person for immigration reform act services...
• Section 22443.
  (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall deliver to a client a copy of each document...
• Section 22443.1.
  (a) (1) Prior to engaging in the business, or acting in the capacity, of an immigration consultant, each person shall file with the Secretary of State a...
• Section 22443.2.
  (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a cease and desist order to a person subject to this chapter’s provisions who has failed to comply with...
• Section 22443.3.
  It is unlawful for any person to disseminate by any means any statement indicating directly or by implication that the person engages in the business...
• Section 22444.
  It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant to do any of the following...
• Section 22445.
  (a) (1) A person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each violation, to...
• Section 22446.5.
  (a) A person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this chapter by an immigration consultant may bring a civil action for injunctive relief or...
• Section 22447.
  (a) A person who is awarded damages in an action or proceeding for injuries caused by the acts of a person engaged in the business of,...
• Section 22448.
  Any civil action to enforce any cause of action pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action has...
• Section 22449.
  (a) Immigration consultants, attorneys, notaries public, and organizations accredited by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals shall be the only individuals authorized to charge clients...

Last modified: October 22, 2018