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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-3301" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="33" subtitle_name="Maryland Immigration Consultant Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Client” means a noncitizen or any person seeking to sponsor a noncitizen for whom an immigration consultant performs or offers to perform a service relating to the noncitizen’s immigration status.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Immigration consultant” means a person that provides nonlegal advice, guidance, information, or services to a client on an immigration matter for a fee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Immigration matter” means any legal proceeding, filing, or action that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Affects the immigration status of a noncitizen; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Arises under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any immigration and naturalization law, executive order, or presidential proclamation of the United States or any foreign country; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An action of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Justice, or the United States Department of Commerce.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Legal services” means the legal representation of an individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Legal services” includes providing forms to an individual, completing forms on behalf of an individual, filing forms on behalf of an individual, advising an individual to file forms, or applying for a benefit on behalf of an individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Secretarial services” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Writing, typing, or copying information as provided by an individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Translating documents into English for an individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
