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Timestamp: 2018-08-19 02:10:49
Document Index: 599937300

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 212', '§ 220', '§ 212', '§ 379', '§ 212', '§ 308', '§ 213', '§ 212']

INA: ACT 274C - PENALTIES FOR DOCUMENT FRAUD | USCIS
(4) to accept or receive or to provide any document lawfully issued to or with respect to a person other than the possessor (including a deceased individual) for the purpose of complying with section 274A(b) or obtaining a benefit under this Act , or
(5) 1/ to prepare, file, or assist another in preparing or filing, any application for benefits under this Act, or any document required under this Act, or any document submitted in connection with such application or document, with knowledge or in reckless disregard of the fact that such application or document was falsely made or, in whole or in part, does not relate to the person on whose behalf it was or is being submitted, or
(C) 2/ immigration officers designated by the Commissioner may compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence at any designated place prior to the filing of a complaint in a case under paragraph (2).
(B) Conduct of hearing.-Any hearing so requested shall be conducted before an administrative law judge. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of section 554 of title 5, United States Code. The hearing shall be held at the nearest practicable place to the place where the person or entity resides or of the place where the alleged violation occurred. If no hearing is so requested, the Attorney General's imposition of the order shall constitute a final and unappealable ord er.
(A) not less than $250 and not more than $2,000 for each document that is the subject of a violation under subsection (a) 3/ , or
(4) Administrative appellate review.-The decision and order of an administrative law judge shall become the final agency decision and order of the Attorney General unless either (A) within 30 days, an official delegated by regulation to exercise review authority over the decision and order modifies or vacates the decision and order, or (B) within 30 days of the date of such a modification or vacation (or within 60 days of the date of decision and order of an administrative law judge if not so modif ied or vacated) the decision and order is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to regulations 4/ , in which case the decision and order of the Attorney General shall become the final agency decision and order under this subsection.
(7) 5/ Waiver by attorney general.-The Attorney General may waive the penalties imposed by this section with respect to an alien who knowingly violates subsection (a)(6) if the alien is granted asylum under section 208 or withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) . 6/
(e) 7/ Criminal Penalties for Failure to Disclose Role as Document Preparer.-(1) Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the Service, knowingly and willfully fails to disclose, conceals, or covers up the fact that they have, on behalf of any person and for a fee or other remuneration, prepared or assisted in preparing an application which was falsely made (as defined in subsection (f)) for immigration benefits, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States code, imprisoned for not mo re than 5 years, or both, and prohibited from preparing or assisting in preparing, whether or not for a fee or other remuneration, any other such application.
(2) Whoever, having been convicted of a violation of paragraph (1), knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in preparing an application for immigration benefits pursuant to this Act, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not for a fee or other remuneration and regardless of whether in any matter within the jurisdiction of the Service, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and prohibited from preparing or a ssisting in preparing any other such application.
(f) 8/ Falsely Make.-For purposes of this section, the term "falsely make" means to prepare or provide an application or document, with knowledge or in reckless disregard of the fact that the application or document contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or material representation, or has no basis in law or fact, or otherwise fails to state a fact which is material to the purpose for which it was submitted.
FN 1 Paragraphs (5) and (6) (and conforming amendments to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4)) added by § 212(a) of IIRIRA .
FN 2 Added by § 220 of IIRIRA (with conforming amendment to subparagraph (B).
FN 3 Subparagraphs (A) and (B) amended by § 212(c) of IIRIRA .
FN 4 Amended by § 379 of IIRIRA , effective for "orders issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act."
FN 5 Added by § 212(d) of IIRIRA .
FN 6 The last part of this sentence was the subject of a secondary amendment by § 308(g)(10)(D) of IIRIRA.
FN 7 Added by § 213 of IIRIRA .
FN 8 Subsection (f) and conforming amendments to section 274C(d)(3) were added by § 212(b) of IIRIRA and are applicable to the preparation of applications before, on, or after the date of enactment of IIRIRA.