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1For purposes of this notice, the term ‘‘attorney’’ 

refers to any individual meeting the definition of 

‘‘attorney’’ in 8 CFR 1001.1(f), except any attorney 

who represents the Federal Government before 

EOIR. 

2An accredited representative is a non-attorney 

who is designated by a recognized organization and 

accredited by the Board pursuant to 8 CFR 

1292.2(d) to represent individuals before the 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or before 

both DHS and EOIR. All accredited representatives 

must be affiliated with an organization established 

in the United States that has received recognition 

by the Board pursuant to 8 CFR 1292.2(a). For 

purposes of this notice, the term ‘‘accredited 

representative’’ refers only to an accredited 

representative who is accredited to appear before 

both EOIR and DHS. See 8 CFR 1292.2(d). 

3The electronic registration requirement does not 

apply to representatives who appear before EOIR’s 

Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer. 

4A registered attorney or accredited 

representative will be able to provide the answers 

to these questions in order to reset a forgotten 

password. 

5Registrants will be able to provide more than 

one email address, when appropriate, i.e., an email 

address for eRegistry account-related emails and an 

email address for case specific correspondence. 

6As indicated in the final rule, registry applicants 

will be able to appear at an immigration court or 

the Board’s Clerk’s Office to present specified photo 

identification, so that EOIR can verify the 

registrant’s identity. In addition, EOIR anticipates 

decreased proportionately if the 

assessment paid by producers, 

seedstock producers, and feeders is 

increased or decreased. Such 

assessment shall be remitted with the 

assessments collected pursuant to 

§ 1280.217. 

Dated: May 8, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11390 Filed 5–13–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Executive Office for Immigration 

Review 

8 CFR Part 1292 

[Docket No. EOIR 138] 

RIN 1125–AA39 

Registry for Attorneys and 

Representatives 

AGENCY: Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of implementation of 

registration requirement. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Office for 

Immigration Review (EOIR) has 

established a mandatory electronic 

registry for attorneys and accredited 

representatives who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and Board of 

Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board). 

This notice provides additional 

instructions regarding the registration 

process. 

DATES: Attorneys and accredited 

representatives will be able to register 

beginning on June 10, 2013. After 

December 10, 2013, attorneys and 

accredited representatives must be 

registered in order to practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and the 

Board and may be subject to 

administrative suspension for failure to 

register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Rosenblum, General Counsel, Executive 

Office for Immigration Review, 5107 

Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600, Falls Church, 

Virginia 22041, telephone (703) 305– 

0470 (not a toll-free call). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On April 1, 2013, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a final 

rule that establishes a mandatory 

electronic registry (eRegistry) for 

attorneys 1 and accredited 

representatives 2 who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and the 

Board.3 See 78 FR 19400 (April 1, 2013). 

The final rule amends 8 CFR part 1292 

by establishing a new paragraph in 

§ 1292.1(f) that provides for attorneys 

and accredited representatives to 

register electronically with EOIR in 

order to practice before its immigration 

courts and the Board. 

eRegistry is part of a long-term agency 

plan to create an electronic case access 

and filing system for the immigration 

courts and the Board. The eRegistry will 

individually and uniquely identify each 

registered attorney or accredited 

representative and associate the 

information provided during 

registration with that attorney or 

accredited representative. This will 

increase efficiency by reducing system 

errors in scheduling matters and 

providing improved notice to attorneys 

and accredited representatives. Further, 

registration will ultimately enable an 

electronic filing system that will reduce 

the time and expense presently incurred 

with paper filings. 

II. Who Must Register 

All attorneys and accredited 

representatives who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts or the Board 

must register with EOIR’s eRegistry. See 

8 CFR 1292.1(a)(1), (a)(4), (f). At this 

time, the electronic registration 

requirements apply only to attorneys 

and to accredited representatives who 

are authorized to appear before EOIR. 

(This includes attorneys and accredited 

representatives who appear before both 

EOIR and DHS, but the registration 

requirements only pertain to their 

practice before EOIR.) Accordingly, 

accredited representatives authorized to 

appear only before DHS, law students, 

law graduates, reputable individuals, or 

accredited foreign government officials 

will not be able to register at this time. 

Similarly, law firms and recognized 

organizations will not be able to register. 

III. How To Register 

Registration is a two-step process, 

which consists of an online registration 

and an identity validation. Both steps 

must be completed in order for an 

attorney or accredited representative to 

be registered before EOIR. 

Attorneys and accredited 

representatives will begin the online 

registration process by selecting their 

relevant account type, creating an 

individual UserID and password, and 

providing answers to password-related 

security questions.4 Thereafter, 

attorneys and accredited representatives 

will follow on-screen instructions to 

enter and submit the requested 

information. After registering, a registry 

applicant will need to appear at an 

immigration court location or the Board 

to present photo identification, so that 

EOIR can verify the applicant’s identity. 

Once that step is completed, EOIR will 

notify the registrant that his or her 

account has been activated. 

Attorneys will be required to provide 

the following information when 

registering: full name; date of birth; 

business address(es); business telephone 

number(s); email address(es)5; and bar 

admission information for all the 

jurisdictions in which they are licensed 

to practice, including those in which 

they are inactive. If they are licensed in 

a jurisdiction that does not provide bar 

numbers, they will not be required to 

submit a bar number for that 

jurisdiction. Attorneys may also enter 

the name of their business or law firm. 

Accredited representatives will be 

required to provide the following 

information when registering: full name; 

date of birth; business address(es); 

business telephone number(s); email 

address(es); and name(s) of all the 

recognized organization(s) that have 

obtained accreditation for the 

representative to appear before EOIR. 

EOIR will process the submitted 

information and then communicate with 

the registry applicant via email. First, 

EOIR will send an email to the registry 

applicant with instructions for the 

identity validation process.6 After the 


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that applicants may be able to present their 

identification at other locations where EOIR 

hearings are conducted, including those where 

hearings are conducted by video conference. 

Detailed information about the required identity 

validation process for eRegistry, including 

permissible forms of identification and locations 

where EOIR will validate identities, will be 

available on EOIR’s Web site. The list of permissible 

forms of identification will also be available during 

the online registration process. 

7EOIR will not permit electronic filing of the 

Form EOIR–27 and Form EOIR–28 in certain 

limited situations, including, but not limited to, 

bond redetermination requests made before the 

filing of a Notice to Appear with the immigration 

court, appeals of decisions involving fines and 

penalties, and appeals of decisions of adjudicating 

officials in practitioner disciplinary proceedings. A 

complete list of situations in which EOIR will not 

permit electronic filing of the Form EOIR–27 and 

Form EOIR–28 will be available on EOIR’s Web site. 

registry applicant successfully 

completes the identity validation 

process, EOIR will send an email 

notifying the registrant that it has 

activated his or her account and will 

assign an EOIR ID number. Each 

registrant will be required to include the 

EOIR ID number when filing a Form 

EOIR–27, Notice of Entry of Appearance 

as Attorney or Representative Before the 

Board of Immigration Appeals, or Form 

EOIR–28, Notice of Entry of Appearance 

as Attorney or Representative Before the 

Immigration Court. 

IV. Failure To Register 

By December 10, 2013, all attorneys 

and accredited representatives 

authorized to appear before EOIR must 

be registered as a condition to practice 

before the immigration courts and the 

Board. If an attorney or accredited 

representative who has cases pending 

before EOIR fails to register by 

December 10, 2013, EOIR may 

administratively suspend that 

individual from practicing before EOIR. 

See 8 CFR 1292.1(f). An attorney or 

accredited representative subject to 

administrative suspension can resume 

practicing before EOIR upon completing 

the registration process. While 

administrative suspension, on its own, 

is not disciplinary in nature, an 

unregistered attorney or accredited 

representative’s multiple attempts to 

appear before EOIR may result in 

disciplinary sanctions. Any individual 

who meets the definition of attorney in 

8 CFR 1001.1(f) or the definition of 

representative in 8 CFR 1001.1(j) is 

subject to disciplinary sanctions for 

misconduct, even if the individual is 

not registered. See 8 CFR 1003.101(b). 

V. Voluntary Electronic Submission of 

Form EOIR–27 and Form EOIR–28 

Upon implementation of eRegistry, 

registered attorneys and accredited 

representatives will be able to use their 

stored eRegistry information to prepopulate and, on a voluntary basis, 

electronically file entry of appearance 

forms for certain designated proceedings 

before the immigration courts and the 

Board.7 Registered attorneys and 

accredited representatives who 

electronically file a Form EOIR–27 or 

Form EOIR–28 will still be required to 

serve DHS with a printed copy of the 

completed Form EOIR–27 or Form 

EOIR–28. 

EOIR will continue to accept paper 

submissions of the Form EOIR–27 and 

Form EOIR–28. At this time, 

immigration practitioners who are not 

required to register will not be able to 

file these forms electronically. 

VI. Official Correspondence and 

Representative Change of Address 

EOIR will send all official 

correspondence to the representative’s 

address included on the most recent 

Form EOIR–27 or Form EOIR–28 for 

each case. Representatives are under an 

obligation to notify the immigration 

court and the Board of any change in 

their current address or any change in 

affiliations with recognized 

organizations, including branch offices. 

Registrants may change their 

addresses electronically by completing a 

two-step process. First, registrants must 

log in to their eRegistry account and add 

the new address to their account profile. 

Second, registrants must electronically 

file a Form EOIR–27 or Form EOIR–28 

for each of their cases to which the 

newly-added address should be 

assigned. In such cases, registrants 

should check the ‘‘new address’’ box on 

the Form EOIR–27 or Form EOIR–28. As 

with all submissions of the Form EOIR– 

27 or the Form EOIR–28, registrants are 

required to serve DHS with a printed 

copy of the completed Form EOIR–27 or 

Form EOIR–28. 

Registrants should note that adding a 

new address to their eRegistry profiles 

will not serve to update their addresses 

with the immigration court or the Board 

unless and until the Form EOIR–27 or 

Form EOIR–28 has been filed in each of 

their cases with their updated address. 

In matters in which EOIR does not yet 

accept electronic filings of the Form 

EOIR–27 or Form EOIR–28, registrants 

will need to file paper versions of those 

forms with the immigration court or the 

Board to complete the address change. 

VII. Responsibilities of Users 

Registered attorneys and accredited 

representatives will be responsible for 

all activity conducted under the 

attorney’s or accredited representative’s 

account. Once eRegistry is operational, 

registered attorneys and accredited 

representatives should immediately 

contact EOIR if they think that their 

account has been compromised. 

VIII. Effect of Disciplinary Orders on 

Registry 

Individuals with law licenses are not 

permitted to register as attorneys if they 

are under any order suspending, 

enjoining, restraining, disbarring, or 

otherwise restricting them in the 

practice of law, or are otherwise not a 

member in good standing of the bar. 

Such individuals do not meet the 

definition of ‘‘attorney’’ under 8 CFR 

1001.1(f). 

EOIR will deactivate the EOIR ID of 

an attorney or accredited representative 

who has been disbarred or suspended 

pursuant to 8 CFR 1003.101 et seq. 

unless and until the Board reinstates or 

otherwise permits the attorney or 

accredited representative to practice. 

IX. Additional Information 

Additional information regarding 

eRegistry will be available on EOIR’s 

Web site. 

Dated: May 7, 2013. 

Juan P. Osuna, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11426 Filed 5–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0393; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–CE–025–AD; Amendment 

39–17446; AD 2013–09–05] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Twin 

Commander Aircraft LLC Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Twin Commander Aircraft LLC Models 

690, 690A, and 690B airplanes. This AD 

requires inspection for cracking of the 

outer fuselage attachments, the lower 

wing main spar, the vertical channels, 

the upper picture window channels, aft 

cabin pressure web, external wing to 

fuselage fillets, and fasteners; repair or 

replacement of damaged parts as 

necessary; and modification of the 

structure with reinforced parts. This AD 


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