(1) Before providing a service, an immigration consultant shall provide a client with a written disclosure in the native language of the client that includes the following: (a) the immigration consultant's name, address, and telephone number; (b) the immigration consultant's agent for service of process; (c) evidence of the immigration consultant's compliance with any applicable surety bond or certificate of deposit requirement, including the bond number or certificate of deposit number; (d) a list of the services that the immigration consultant provides and the current and total fee for each service; and (e) a statement that the immigration consultant: (i) is not an attorney; and (ii) may not charge a client a fee for the referral of the client to another person for a service that the immigration consultant cannot or will not provide to the client. (2) An immigration consultant shall obtain the signature of the client verifying that the client received the written disclosures described in Subsection (1) before the immigration consultant provides a service. (3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), an immigration consultant who prints, displays, publishes, distributes, or broadcasts, or who causes to be printed, displayed, published, distributed, or broadcasted, an advertisement for services as an immigration consultant, shall include in the advertisement a clear and conspicuous statement that the immigration consultant is not an attorney. (4) (a) Subsection (3) does not apply to an immigration consultant who is not licensed as an attorney in a state or territory of the United States, but is authorized by federal law to represent a person before the Board of Immigration Appeals or the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (b) A person described in this Subsection (4) shall include in an advertisement for services as an immigration consultant a clear and conspicuous statement that the immigration consultant is not an attorney, but is authorized by federal law to represent a person before the Board of Immigration Appeals or the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (5) If an advertisement subject to this section is in a language other than English, the statement required by Subsection (3) shall be in the same language as the advertisement.
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