New Mexico Lawyer Alejandro Hernandez Registered to Practice In Immigration Court

New Mexico Lawyer Alejandro Hernandez is registered to practice in the immigration courts. Pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations, Hernandez is a registered immigration attorney allowed to practice before all US immigration courts.

Practitioners include: attorneys (Chapter 2.3), accredited representatives (Chapter 2.4), and certain categories of persons who are expressly recognized by the immigration court. An attorney must be registered with EOIR in order to appear before the immigration court. See 8 C.F.R. § 1292.1(f), and Chapter 2.3(b)(1) (eRegistry). Access must be granted by the courts in order to practice before them.

Hernandez can practice in any imm0giration court in the United States including Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Illinois | Louisiana | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Northern Mariana Islands | Ohio | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Virginia | Washington.

We reviewed this lawyer and found that he meets the ethical standards to practice immigration law before the US courts.

      (1) eRegistry — An attorney must register with EOIR through ECAS in order to appear before the immigration court and use ECAS.

Attorneys and accredited representatives must register with EOIR in order to practice before the immigration court.  See 8 C.F.R. § 1292.1(a)(1), (a)(4), (f); Chapters 2.3(b)(1) (eRegistry), 2.4 (Accredited Representatives and Recognized Organizations).  Other practitioners are not required to register with EOIR.

      No one other than a practitioner is authorized to appear before the immigration court.  Non-lawyer immigration specialists, visa consultants, and “notarios” are not authorized to represent parties or appear before the immigration court.

      (b) Entering an Appearance as the Practitioner of Record — To perform the functions of and become the practitioner of record, a practitioner must file a Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Representative Before the Immigration Court (Form EOIR-28).  A practitioner of record is authorized and required to appear on behalf of a respondent, to file all documents on behalf of a respondent, and to accept service of process of all documents filed in the proceedings.