{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-20a-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-20A-5","heading":"Permissible services; terms of contract for immigration services.","body":"(a) An immigration assistance provider licensee may perform the following services as immigration assistance:\n(1) Completing a government agency form on behalf of the client and appropriate to the client’s needs;\n(2) Transcribing responses to a government agency form which is related to an immigration matter; provided, however, that advice shall not be offered to a client as to his or her answers on such forms;\n(3) Translating information on forms to a client and translating the client’s answers to questions posed on such forms;\n(4) Securing for the client supporting documents currently in existence, such as birth and marriage certificates, which may be needed to be submitted with government agency forms;\n(5) Notarizing signatures on government agency forms, provided that the person performing the service is a notary public commissioned in the State of Georgia and is lawfully present in the United States;\n(6) Preparing or arranging for the preparation of photographs and fingerprints;\n(7) Arranging for the performance of medical testing (including X-rays and AIDS tests) and the obtaining of reports of such test results; and\n(8) Performing such other services that the Secretary of State determines by rule may be appropriately performed by such licensees in light of the purposes of this chapter.\n(b) A contract to provide any service in conjunction with immigration assistance shall clearly state the obligations of the immigration assistance provider and the client who is to receive such service.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 20A Regulation of Private Immigration Assistance Services"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"720c57ff561359d0a1a2493315978cb4827967568d23eb0e5e832dc4fac6d8e4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-20a-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-20a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}