Utah Code Ann. § 13-49-102

Definitions.

Effective May 6, 2026Amended by Chapter 95, 2026 General Session

As used in this chapter:

  1. (1) "Client" means a person who receives services from or enters into an agreement to receive services from an immigration consultant.
  2. (2) "Compensation" means anything of economic value that a person pays, loans, grants, gives, donates, or transfers to another person, directly or indirectly, for or in consideration of:

    1. (a) services;
    2. (b) personal or real property; or
    3. (c) another thing of value.
  3. (3) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection established in Section 13-2-102.
  4. (4) "Immigration consultant" means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:

    1. (a) completing a document a federal or state agency provides, but not advising a person as to the person's answers on the document;
    2. (b) translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document a federal or state agency provides;
    3. (c) securing for a person supporting documents, such as a birth certificate, that may be necessary to complete a document a federal or state agency provides;
    4. (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 compensation, referring a person to another person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter.
  5. (5) "Immigration matter" means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of a person that arises under:

    1. (a) immigration and naturalization law;
    2. (b) executive order or presidential proclamation; or
    3. (c) action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor.

Amended by Chapter 95, 2026 General Session

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