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  • (1) "Client" means a person who receives services from or enters into an agreement to receive services from an immigration consultant.
  • (2) "Compensation" means anything of economic value that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a person for or in consideration of:
    • (a) services;
    • (b) personal or real property; or
    • (c) another thing of value.
  • (3) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
  • (4) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection in the department.
  • (5) "Immigration consultant" means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:
    • (a) completing a document provided by a federal or state agency, but not advising a person as to the person's answers on the document;
    • (b) translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document provided by a federal or state agency;
    • (c) securing for a person supporting documents, such as a birth certificate, that may be necessary to complete a document provided by a federal or state agency;
    • (d) submitting a completed document on a person's behalf and at the person's request to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
    • (e) for valuable consideration, referring a person to a person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter.
  • (6) "Immigration matter" means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of a person that arises under:
    • (a) immigration and naturalization law;
    • (b) executive order or presidential proclamation; or
    • (c) action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor.




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