(d) The term "Commissioner" means
the Commissioner of Immigration and
Naturalization.
(e) The term "Board" means the
Board of Immigration Appeals.
(f) The term "attorney" means any
person who is a member in good stand-
ing of the bar of the highest court of
any State, possession, territory, Com-
monwealth, or the District of Colum-
bia, and is not under any order of any
court suspending, enjoining, restrain-
ing, disbarring, or otherwise restrict-
ing him in the practice of law.
(g) Unless the context otherwise re-
quires, the term "case" means any pro-
ceeding arising under any immigration
or naturalization law, Executive order,
or Presidential proclamation, or prep-
aration for or incident to such pro-
ceeding, including preliminary steps
by any private person or corporation
preliminary to the filing of the appli-
cation or petition by which any pro-
ceeding under the jurisdiction of the
Service or the Board is initiated.
(h) The term "day" when computing
the period of time for taking any
action provided in this chapter includ-
ing the taking of an appeal, shall in-
clude Sundays and legal holidays,
except that when the last day of the
period so computed falls on a Sunday
or a legal holiday, the period shall run
until the end of the next day which is
neither a Sunday nor a legal holiday.
(i) The term "practice" means the
act or acts of any person appearing in
any case, either in person or through
the preparation or filing of any brief
or other document, paper, application,
or petition on behalf of another
person or client before or with the
Service, or any officer of the Service,
or the Board.
(j) The term "representative" refers
to a person who is entitled to repre-
sent others as provided in § 292.1(a)
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and § 292.1(b) of
this chapter.
(k) The term "preparation," consti-
tuting practice, means the study of
the facts of a case and the applicable
laws, coupled with the giving of advice
and auxiliary activities, including the
incidental preparation of papers, but
does not include the lawful functions
of a notary public or service consisting
solely of assistance in the completion
of blank spaces on printed Service
forms by one whose remuneration, if
any, is nominal and who does not hold
himself out as qualified in legal mat-
ters or in immigration and naturaliza-
tion procedure.
(1) The term "immigration judge"
means special inquiry officer and may
be used interchangeably with the term
special inquiry officer wherever it ap-
pears in this chapter.
(m) The term "representation"
before the Board and the Service in-
cludes practice and preparation as de-
fined in § 1.1 (i) and (k).
(Sec. 103, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103)
[23 FR 9115, Nov. 26, 1958, as amended at 30
FR 14772, Nov. 30, 1965; 34 FR 12213, July
24, 1969; 38 FR 8590, Apr. 4, 1973; 40 FR
23271, May 29, 1975]
§ 1.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(a) The terms defined in section 101
of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (66 Stat. 163) shall have the mean-
ings ascribed to them in that section
and as supplemented, explained, and
further defined in this chapter.
(b) The term "Act" means the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, as amend-
ed.
(c) The term "Service" means the
Immigration and Naturalization Ser-
vice.
(d) The term "Commissioner" means
the Commissioner of Immigration and
Naturalization.
(e) The term "Board" means the
Board of Immigration Appeals.
(f) The term "attorney" means any
person who is a member in good stand-
ing of the bar of the highest court of
any State, possession, territory, Com-
monwealth, or the District of Colum-
bia, and is not under any order of any
court suspending, enjoining, restrain-
ing, disbarring, or otherwise restrict-
ing him in the practice of law.
(g) Unless the context otherwise re-
quires, the term "case” means any pro-
ceeding arising under any immigration
or naturalization law, Executive order,
or Presidential proclamation, or prep-
aration for or incident to such pro-
ceeding, including preliminary steps
by any private person or corporation
preliminary to the filing of the appli-
cation or petition by which any pro-
ceeding under the jurisdiction of the
Service or the Board is initiated.
(h) The term "day" when computing
the period of time for taking any
action provided in this chapter includ-
ing the taking of an appeal, shall in-
clude Sundays and legal holidays,
except that when the last day of the
period so computed falls on a Sunday
or a legal holiday, the period shall run
until the end of the next day which is
neither a Sunday nor a legal holiday.
(i) The term "practice" means the
act or acts of any person appearing in
any case, either in person or through
the preparation or filing of any brief
or other document, paper, application,
or petition on behalf of another
person or client before or with the
Service, or any officer of the Service,
or the Board.
(j) The term "representative" refers
to a person who is entitled to repre-
sent others as provided in § 292.1(a)
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and § 292.1(b) of
this chapter.
(k) The term "preparation," consti-
tuting practice, means the study of
the facts of a case and the applicable
laws, coupled with the giving of advice
and auxiliary activities, including the
incidental preparation of papers, but
does not include the lawful functions
of a notary public or service consisting
solely of assistance in the completion
of blank spaces on printed Service
forms by one whose remuneration, if
any, is nominal and who does not hold
himself out as qualified in legal mat-
ters or in immigration and naturaliza-
tion procedure.
(1) The term "immigration judge"
means special inquiry officer and may
be used interchangeably with the term
special inquiry officer wherever it ap-
pears in this chapter.
(m) The term "representation"
before the Board and the Service in-
cludes practice and preparation as de-
fined in § 1.1 (i) and (k).
(Sec. 103, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103)
[23 FR 9115, Nov. 26, 1958, as amended at 30
FR 14772, Nov. 30, 1965; 34 FR 12213, July
24, 1969; 38 FR 8590, Apr. 4, 1973; 40 FR
23271, May 29, 1975]