What is the difference between a petitioner, applicant and respondent in G 28 form

If you are sponsoring someone for a green card, you are the petitioner. If you are applying for an immigration benefit, you are the applicant. If you are in removal proceedings, you are the respondent. Please see

A G28 is a firm your lawyer fills out and you sign to let the USCIS know that you have retained an attorney. If you don't have a lawyer you will not submit this form. If you have a lawyer then he will know the answer to these questions, if he/she doesn't - get a different lawyer. Khaja Din

To view this email as a web page, go here. It depends on the form that is being filed. If it is a petition, then check "petitioner". If the form is an application - I.e. I-485 or I-765, then check "applicant". Your attorney should know which box to check. Rick Moore Richard W. Moore, Jr.

A G-28 is filed by an attorney to advise DHS of his/her representation. Your attorey should know how to complete it. If he or she does not that is a good sign to find another attorney. If you are representing yourself you have no need for this form. ----------- Jeffrey A. Devore, Esq.