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Form G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative

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Form G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative, is the DHS form a licensed attorney or DOJ-accredited representative files to go on record as someone's representative before USCIS, ICE, or CBP. There is no filing fee; it is filed with the client's application, petition, or appeal. JustFill opens the official G-28 PDF in your browser, detects every field so you can type or dictate, and includes the first clean completed PDF download at no charge.

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Form G-28
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
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United States
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Edition 09/17/18 (OMB 1615-0105; USCIS also accepts the 05/23/18 edition despite the printed 05/31/2021 expiration)
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What is Form G-28?

Form G-28 is the notice a licensed attorney or DOJ-accredited representative files to appear on a client's behalf in an immigration matter before USCIS, ICE, or CBP. Once it is on file, the agency recognizes the representative, sends case correspondence to them, and can discuss the case with them — Part 4 checkboxes even let the client route original notices and secure documents such as a green card or EAD to the representative's office. There is no filing fee (it is listed at $0 on the USCIS G-1055 fee schedule), and the form is filed with the related application, petition, or appeal, or mailed to the office where a case is already pending. The current 4-page PDF is the 09/17/18 edition; USCIS still accepts the 05/23/18 edition and has said a new edition is coming, so check the edition date on uscis.gov/g-28 before filing. The form captures the representative's eligibility (bar admission and standing, or DOJ recognition and accreditation), the agency and specific matter, full client identification, and the client's signed consent. It covers DHS matters only — appearances in immigration court use the EOIR-27/EOIR-28 instead. JustFill opens the official G-28 PDF in your browser: AI detects every field so you can type or dictate answers, it works on scanned copies, no Adobe is needed, and the first clean completed PDF download is included at no charge. A firm can save the completed layout as a reusable template, so the attorney block is filled once and only the client details change from case to case.

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Who fills out Form G-28?

  • Licensed immigration attorneys entering an appearance on a client's behalf before USCIS, ICE, or CBP
  • Representatives accredited through the Justice Department's Recognition and Accreditation Program, appearing for a recognized nonprofit organization
  • Law firm staff and paralegals who prepare the form for the attorney's and client's signatures — often for dozens of cases a month
  • Clients — the applicant, petitioner, requestor, beneficiary, or respondent — providing consent and an ink signature in Part 4
  • Law students and law graduates appearing under the direct supervision of the attorney or representative of record

Field-by-field breakdown

What each section of Form G-28 asks for. JustFill’s AI will detect these fields automatically when you upload the PDF — review the breakdown below so you know what to enter.

Part 1 — Information About Attorney or Accredited Representative

The representative's USCIS Online Account Number, name, business address, daytime and mobile phone, email, and fax.

Part 2 — Eligibility Information (attorneys)

Bar membership with each licensing authority, bar number, whether the attorney is subject to any suspension or disbarment order, and the law firm or organization name.

Part 2, Items 2–4 — Other representatives

The DOJ-recognized organization and accreditation date for accredited representatives, association with the representative of record for limited appearances, and supervised law student or law graduate details.

Part 3 — Notice of Appearance

Select exactly one agency — USCIS, ICE, or CBP — then list the form numbers or specific matter, the receipt number if one exists, and whose request the appearance is at: applicant, petitioner, requestor, beneficiary/derivative, or respondent.

Part 3 — Information About Client

Client or entity name and authorized signatory, the client's USCIS Online Account Number and A-Number, contact details, and the client's own mailing address — not the attorney's office, unless it serves as the designated safe address.

Part 4 — Client's Consent to Representation and Signature

Privacy Act consent to release records; delivery checkboxes 1.a.–1.c. (original notices to the representative, secure documents such as a green card or EAD to the representative, or the I-94 notice direct to the client); and the client's ink signature and date.

Part 5 — Signature of Attorney or Accredited Representative

The representative's declaration under 8 CFR 103.2 and 292 with signature and date, plus the signature of any supervised law student or law graduate.

Part 6 — Additional Information

Continuation blocks keyed to page, part, and item number — used for extra bar admissions, explanations of discipline orders, or anything that did not fit above.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • 1Missing signatures — USCIS calls the unsigned form its most common G-28 mistake and rejects any unsigned form; the client signs Part 4 and the representative Part 5, and stamped or typewritten names are not accepted (a scanned copy of an ink signature is fine)
  • 2Mixing pages from different form editions — every page must carry the same edition date (currently 09/17/18, with 05/23/18 also accepted) or USCIS may reject the form
  • 3Writing the client's name differently than it appears on the underlying filing — on a petition that means the petitioner's name, exactly as entered on that form
  • 4Selecting the wrong agency or client role in Part 3, or leaving out the form numbers and receipt number, so the appearance never attaches to the intended case
  • 5Mailing a subsequent G-28 for a pending case to a lockbox — USCIS says to send it to the office where the case is pending or to the return address on the last notice you received, and to give the receipt number in Part 3, Item 4 so it attaches to the right file
  • 6Highlighting, using correction fluid, graying out any part of the form, or skipping the Part 2 eligibility items (1.a–1.d for attorneys, 2.a–2.c for accredited representatives) — the instructions say USCIS rejects a G-28 without them, and the USCIS page warns that an improperly completed G-28 is processed as if no representative was named

Form G-28 example — what a filled-out form looks like

A Tacoma immigration attorney enters her appearance for a U.S.-citizen petitioner who is filing Form I-130 for her husband. The G-28 is mailed in the same envelope as the petition, so there is no receipt number yet.

Part 1, Item 1 — USCIS Online Account Number

Left blank

Only a representative who already has a USCIS online account number enters one; it is not an A-Number.

Part 1, Items 2.a–3.h — Name and address

Okonkwo-Reyes, Dana — Harborline Immigration Law, 4410 Marsh Fern Way, Ste. 210, Tacoma, WA 98402

The business address here is where USCIS sends the representative's copies of notices.

Part 1, Items 4–7 — Contact information

(253) 555-0147; email d.okonkwo-reyes@harborline-law.example; mobile and fax left blank

Part 2, Items 1.a–1.d — Attorney eligibility

1.a checked; Licensing Authority "Washington State Bar Association"; Bar Number 5••18; 1.c "am not" subject to any order; 1.d "Harborline Immigration Law PLLC"

USCIS rejects a G-28 that is missing any of Items 1.a–1.d. A second bar admission would go in Part 6.

Part 3, Items 1.a–1.b and 4 — Agency, matter, receipt number

USCIS checked; "Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (filed concurrently)"; Receipt Number left blank

Select only one agency and list the form numbers; a receipt number exists only when the case is already pending.

Part 3, Item 5 — Appearance at the request of

Petitioner

On an I-130 the client is the U.S.-citizen petitioner; the beneficiary husband is not the G-28 client.

Part 3, Items 6.a–9 — Client identification

Vellore-Sandoval, Priyanka; entity fields blank; Online Account Number and A-Number left blank

USCIS asks for the client's name exactly as it appears on the related form.

Part 3, Items 13.a–13.h — Mailing address of client

917 Quillfeather Lane, Puyallup, WA 98371

The client's own address, not the law office, unless the office is the safe mailing address on the petition.

Part 4, Items 1.a–1.c and 2.a–2.b — Client consent and signature

1.a and 1.b checked; 1.c unchecked; client signs in black ink and dates 09/02/2026

1.a routes original notices and 1.b any secure document to the attorney; 1.c would send an I-94 notice to the client instead.

Part 5, Items 1.a–1.b — Signature of attorney

Attorney signs in black ink and dates 09/02/2026; Items 2.a–2.b left blank

No supervised law student is appearing, so the second signature block stays empty.

These values are made up. They are here to show what belongs on each line, not to be copied — every name, number, and address on your own Form G-28 has to be your own.

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Frequently asked questions

USCIS currently posts the 09/17/18 edition and still accepts the 05/23/18 edition, even though the expiration date printed on them has passed. USCIS has announced a new edition is coming, so check the edition date at the bottom of each page against uscis.gov/g-28 before you file — and keep every page from the same edition.
Yes, when the underlying form is filed through the guided online workflow: the representative prepares the G-28 in a USCIS online account for legal representatives, signs it by typing their full legal name, and the system generates a one-time passcode. The client logs into their own USCIS account (created with the same email address used on the form), enters the passcode, reviews and digitally signs the G-28 first, and only then sees and signs the underlying form. A subsequent G-28 for certain pending cases can also be filed from the "File a Form" menu in the representative account. If you upload a completed PDF instead of using the guided workflow, the client cannot sign digitally — their handwritten signature must already be on the G-28 PDF. JustFill prepares that PDF for mail or upload filings; it does not submit anything to USCIS.
Yes. Form G-28 is listed at $0 on the USCIS fee schedule (Form G-1055), and the PDF is a free download. JustFill is free to start and includes the first clean completed PDF download; further clean exports use a one-time pack or a plan. The form is then filed together with the client's underlying application, petition, motion, or appeal.
Download the official PDF and instructions free at uscis.gov/g-28. JustFill opens that same file in your browser so you can fill it without Adobe, includes the first clean completed PDF download at no charge, and lets a firm save the layout as a template for the next client.
A licensed attorney in good standing, or a representative accredited through the Justice Department's Recognition and Accreditation Program for a recognized organization. A supervised law student or law graduate completes Part 2, Item 4, and signs in Part 5 alongside the supervising representative.
Yes. On paper the client signs Part 4 in black ink to consent to representation and the release of their records — USCIS rejects unsigned forms and does not accept stamped or typewritten names, though a scan, fax, or photocopy of the ink signature is valid. A parent or legal guardian may sign for a client under 14, and a legal guardian for a mentally incompetent client. In the USCIS online guided workflow the client signs digitally by typing their full legal name after entering the representative's one-time passcode. Part 4 is also where the client chooses whether notices and secure documents go to the representative.
No. Form G-28 covers matters before DHS agencies — USCIS, ICE, and CBP. Appearances before an immigration judge use Form EOIR-28, appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals use Form EOIR-27, and attorneys not licensed in the United States, representing clients in matters filed and decided at DHS offices abroad, use Form G-28I.
No. Form G-28 is only for licensed attorneys and DOJ-accredited representatives, plus law students or graduates working under their direct supervision. You do not file one for your own application, and a friend, relative, notary, or paid form preparer cannot use it — a preparer signs the preparer section of the underlying form instead, and anyone wanting to appear as a "reputable individual" must ask DHS for permission separately. If a G-28 is filed by someone who is not eligible, USCIS treats the case as if no representative was named.

Official source: Form G-28 on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’s website

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