(1) The division shall require an applicant for registration as an immigration consultant to:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 13-49-203

  • Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection in the department. See Utah Code 13-49-102
  • Immigration consultant: means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:
         (5)(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;
         (5)(b) translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document provided by a federal or state agency;
         (5)(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;
         (5)(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
         (5)(e) for valuable consideration, referring a person to a person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter. See Utah Code 13-49-102
     (1)(a) submit a fingerprint card in a form acceptable to the division; and
     (1)(b) consent to a fingerprint criminal background check by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification.
(2)

     (2)(a) The division shall obtain information from a criminal history record maintained by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification pursuant to Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2, Bureau of Criminal Identification.
     (2)(b) The information obtained under Subsection (2)(a) may only be used by the division to determine whether an applicant for registration as an immigration consultant meets the requirements of Subsection 13-49-202(1)(c).