USCIS had begun notifying applicants and petitioners when theirattorney’s Form G-28 has not been accepted.
The G-28 form is filed by the attorney with the case to notify theUSCIS that the applicant or petitioner has a lawyer and that the lawyer shouldbe notified of any updates on the case.
Previously, when USCIS did not accept Form G-28, neither theattorney nor the client was notified of the rejection. The immigrationapplication or petition was simply processed without an attorney on the case.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association raised this issuewith USCIS on several occasions, but it was not until the past year that USCISadvised that it was planning to start notifying applicants or petitioners whenthe G-28 was rejected.
On March 7, 2017, USCIS announced thatit has added the following language to receipt notices when a G-28 was notaccepted with an application or petition:
A valid G-28 was NOTreceived with your case. If you wish to be represented, please contact yourattorney or accredited representative to submit follow-up G-28 to the USCISlocation where your case is pending. For more information on filing G-28,please visit http://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-your-form-g-28.
The receipt notices that include the above language will only beissued for cases that were filed at a lockbox facility. Cases that are directlyfiled with a local office will not contain the G-28 notice.