USCIS Issues New G-28 Forms
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a bureau of United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS.) Its main responsibilities are promoting national security, eliminating backlogs in immigration cases, and improving customer care services. As part of its responsibilities, USCIS handles all forms and processing materials related to immigration and naturalization.
A Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative, popularly known as the USCIS G-28 Form, is a standard form that notifies USCIS that you will be represented by an attorney or anyone else belonging to a religious, charitable, social service or similar organization before it. All the notifications will be sent to him from then on and whenever he files papers for you, a Notice of Appearance (NOA) must be submitted. You can change your attorney anytime by filing a new USCIS G-28 Form.
USCIS has recently announced the publication of a revised USCIS Immigration Form, which can be downloaded online by U.S. Immigration Support members with a current subscription. A grace period of 30 days has been granted. This means that, till October 30 Forms G-28 that are in the mail currently will be considered valid when received at the USCIS lockbox facility or the USCIS center. After this date any prior versions of the form received will be considered invalid. Forms filed before October 30 will be honored for previously filed cases if the forms were properly completed by an eligible attorney.
Applicants must ensure that they submit the correct form because if an incorrect form is submitted the application may be denied and not processed. So read through the immigration guide that best suits your case, containing filling instructions and the procedures before you start filling the form.
USCIS G-28 Form is included in application guides such as Green card renewal, Green card replacement and in Green card updates.