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New York — Immigrant Assistance Services Provider Bond

Covered New York immigrant-assistance providers must maintain financial security payable to the People of the State of New York. Section 460-f sets a $50,000 base, with a higher receipts-based amount when applicable. The Southern Agency’s listing is the surety route—not authority to give immigration legal advice.

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Recorded state
New York
Bond type
Immigration Consultant Bond
Category
Professional & occupational licenses

What this bond does

The State rule protects customers owed refunds or otherwise injured by the provider. It permits a bond, indemnity contract or irrevocable letter of credit; this purchase listing does not arrange every alternative or establish a City-specific filing.

Who needs it
A provider offering compensated immigrant-assistance services within Article 28-C. Section 460-a has specific exclusions, including New York attorneys/direct supervision and qualifying nonprofit or accredited services. Check the actual role and exclusion rather than assuming every helper is covered or every nonprofit is exempt.
Who it protects
Under Section 460-f, the security benefits a customer who does not receive an entitled refund or is otherwise injured by the provider. The Attorney General on the customer’s behalf, or the customer personally, may sue the provider and surety. It is not a guarantee of a visa, status or favorable government decision.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Check the statutory sum and continuing period

The $50,000 figure is not always sufficient. If total fees/compensation for immigrant assistance exceed $250,000 in any twelve-month period, Section 460-f sets the principal amount at 20% of that total. Have the relevant service receipts available to match the actual statutory sum.

Maintain the security throughout the period services are provided and for one year after the business stops providing them. That continuing obligation is not a single one-year purchase term; this public option supplies no term label.

Security does not authorize legal advice

Section 460-d prohibits legal advice, misleading professional titles, claims of special government influence and advice on a person’s immigration status or how to answer status questions. Do not treat being bonded as permission to act as an attorney or to select a legal strategy for a customer.

For your actual service process, identify client consent, copies of filed documents, and prompt return of originals. These are provider responsibilities described by the State—not new information The Southern Agency requires from your customers.

Use the State request, not a City assumption

Purchase Now opens Propeller in a new tab. Match the provider’s legal identity, People of the State wording, statutory sum, and accepted dates/form before completing the application. If the request also concerns New York City, identify its separate local requirements rather than substituting a City-recipient document for the State undertaking.

Review the issued instrument and follow the actual requesting authority’s instructions. This review does not invent a Secretary of State registration step, a prefilled term or approval of the provider’s legal qualifications.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Actual provider entity/individual, compensated services and Article 28-C applicability/exclusion.
  2. Relevant twelve-month service receipts to check $50,000 versus the 20% calculation.
  3. People of the State recipient wording, accepted instrument and continuing-period dates.
  4. Separate State versus City request; no assumed legal-representation authority.

Questions about this bond

Is $50,000 always the right principal amount?

No. Section 460-f uses 20% of total immigrant-assistance fees/compensation when that total exceeds $250,000 in any twelve-month period. Match the actual calculation rather than treating the base as a universal ceiling.

Can the security end as soon as I stop providing services?

The State rule calls for maintenance during services and for one year after cessation. Do not confuse that continuing obligation with an unlabeled annual purchase option.

Does being bonded let me advise customers on immigration status?

No. Section 460-d expressly bars that advice and legal practice by a provider within this article. Security is customer protection, not a legal-services credential or a promise of immigration results.

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