NYC immigration assistance bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
New York City requires every immigration assistance service provider to maintain a $50,000 bond filed with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to compliant.
Your immigration assistance business is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with DCWP
Pay online and receive the executed bond payable to the people of the City of New York, ready to file with DCWP. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New York City regulates immigration assistance service providers under Administrative Code Title 20, Chapter 5, Subchapter 14, and requires a $50,000 surety bond filed with DCWP. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind any aggrieved person harmed by the provider — protecting immigrants against fraud, misrepresentation, and the unauthorized practice of law.
The bond is held for the benefit of any aggrieved person, payable to the people of the City of New York, in the sum of $50,000. It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the City of New York (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. Every provider must post a sign disclosing that the bond is maintained.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. If a provider earns more than $250,000 in any twelve-month period, the bond amount steps up to 20% of fees collected — send us your figures and we'll size it correctly.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Do I pay the $50,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
What does the bond guarantee? +
Is there a credit check? +
Could my bond amount be higher than $50,000? +
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$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.