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New York immigrant assistance services bonds.
$500.
New York requires every immigrant assistance service provider to maintain a $50,000 bond. Our rate is 1% of the bond amount, so the premium is $500. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Department of State
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the NY Department of State as part of your provider registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An immigrant assistance services bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. You help people prepare immigration paperwork for a fee — work that affects families' lives — and New York wants a financial backstop that you'll handle their money and their forms honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the people of the State of New York (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. Under the statute, the bond is there for any customer who doesn't get a refund of fees they're entitled to — they can recover against the bond up to its $50,000 limit.
The statute requires you to keep the bond in force the entire time you provide these services — and for one year after you stop. We track your term and notify you 60 and 30 days out, so your registration never lapses over paperwork.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Finish your provider registration today.
$500 for the $50,000 bond, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.