NYC immigration assistance bonds.
$500 flat.
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 $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. One soft credit pull that never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does an NYC immigration assistance bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
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.
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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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.