Updated 8-17-18. The National Notary Association, in partnership with a coalition of experts in the immigration industry, has been working to defeat AB 638, a bill that would prohibit nonattorney immigration forms specialists from working in California.
The bill stalled in the California State Legislature in 2017, but now can be up for a vote in the state Senate as early as Monday, August 20, 2018.
The bill would force nearly 1,000 minority- and women-owned businesses to close despite the fact that they have ethically served immigrants for decades. It also would deny immigrants the low-cost, non-legal services immigration consultants provide. Finally, it would do nothing to shut down the unethical "Notarios" who defraud immigrants. Call or write your California state senator today to ask for their "NO" vote on AB 638.
In an AB 638 opinion piece published in The Sacramento Bee last year, attorney Arnold Rosenberg, a member of the coalition opposing the bill, explains why nonattorney specialists provide important lawful services to California’s immigrant population.
Read The Opinion Piece Here.
