2015 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28-C - (General Business) IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE SERVICES
460-A - Definitions and applicability.

  460-a.  Definitions  and  applicability.  For  the  purpose of this
  article the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Immigrant assistance service" means providing  assistance,  for  a
  fee  or other compensation, to persons who have, or plan to, come to the
  United States from a  foreign  country,  or  their  representatives,  in
  relation   to   any   proceeding,   filing   or   action  affecting  the
  non-immigrant, immigrant or citizenship status of a person which  arises
  under   the   immigration   and  nationality  law,  executive  order  or
  presidential proclamation, or which arises under actions or  regulations
  of  the  United  States citizenship and immigration services, the United
  States department of homeland security, the United States department  of
  labor, or the United States department of state.
2.  "Provider"  means  any  person,  including  but  not  limited to a
  corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship
  or natural person, that  provides  immigrant  assistance  services,  but
  shall  not  include (a) any person duly admitted to practice law in this
  state and any person working  directly  under  the  supervision  of  the
  person  admitted;  (b)  any  not-for-profit tax exempt organization that
  provides immigrant assistance  without  a  fee  or  other  payment  from
  individuals  or  at  nominal  fees  as  defined  by the federal board of
  immigration appeals, and the employees of such organization when  acting
  within  the scope of such employment; (c) any organization recognized by
  the federal board of immigration  appeals  that  provides  services  via
  representatives  accredited  by  such  board to appear before the United
  States citizenship and immigration services and/or executive office  for
  immigration  review,  that does not charge a fee or charges nominal fees
  as defined by the board  of  immigration  appeals;  (d)  any  authorized
  agency under subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the
  social  services  law and the employees of such organization when acting
  within the scope of such employment; or  (e)  any  individual  providing
  representation  in  an  immigration-related proceeding under federal law
  for which  federal  law  or  regulation  establishes  such  individual's
  authority to appear.