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Part 1001_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
Section 1001.1 Definitions.
the meanings ascribed to them in that section and as supplemented, explained, and further defined in this chapter. (b) The term Act means the Immigration and...
Part 1003_EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW--Table of Contents
Section 1003.0 Executive Office for Immigration Review.
a Director who shall be assisted by a Deputy Director. The Director shall be responsible for the general supervision of the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Office of the...
Section 1003.1 Organization, jurisdiction, and powers of the Board of
Section 1003.2 Reopening or reconsideration before the Board of
(a) General. The Board may at any time reopen or reconsider on its own motion any case in which it has rendered a decision. A request to reopen or reconsider...
Section 1003.3 Notice of appeal.
an immigration judge. A party affected by a decision of an immigration judge which may be appealed to the Board under this chapter shall be given notice of the opportunity...
Section 1003.4 Withdrawal of appeal.
been taken, the party taking the appeal may file a written withdrawal [[Page 793]] thereof with the office at which the notice of appeal was filed. If the record...
Section 1003.5 Forwarding of record on appeal.
an immigration judge. If an appeal is taken from a decision of an immigration judge, the record of proceeding shall be forwarded to the Board upon the request or the order of...
Section 1003.6 Stay of execution of decision.
Sec. 236.1 of this chapter, Sec. 1003.19(i), and paragraph (b) of this section, the decision in any proceeding under this chapter from which an appeal to the Board may...
Section 1003.7 Notice of certification.
provisions of Sec. 1003.1(c), a case is certified to the Board, the alien or other party affected shall be given notice of certification. An Immigration Judge or Service...
Section 1003.8 Fees.
motion within the jurisdiction of the Board. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section or when filed by an officer of the Service, a Notice of Appeal to the Board...
Section 1003.9 Chief Immigration Judge.
otherwise noted. The Chief Immigration Judge shall be responsible for the general supervision, direction, and scheduling of the Immigration Judges in the...
Section 1003.10 Immigration Judges.
1, shall exercise the powers and duties in this chapter regarding the conduct of exclusion, deportation, removal, and asylum proceedings and such other proceedings which...
Section 1003.11 Administrative control Immigration Courts.
Immigration Court is one that creates and maintains Records of Proceedings for Immigration Courts within an assigned geographical area. All documents and...
Section 1003.12 Scope of rules.
assist in the expeditious, fair, and proper resolution of matters coming before Immigration Judges. Except where specifically stated, the rules in this subpart apply to...
Section 1003.13 Definitions.
Administrative control means custodial responsibility for the Record of Proceeding as specified in Sec. 1003.11. Charging document means the written instrument which initiates...
Section 1003.14 Jurisdiction and commencement of proceedings.
vests, and proceedings before an Immigration Judge commence, when a charging document is filed with the Immigration Court by the Service. The charging document must include...
Section 1003.15 Contents of the order to show cause and notice to appear
notification of change of address. (a) In the Order to Show Cause, the Service shall provide the following administrative information to the Executive Office...
Section 1003.16 Representation.
proceedings before an Immigration Judge. (b) The alien may be represented in proceedings before an Immigration Judge by an attorney or other representative of his or...
Section 1003.17 Appearances.
in which the alien is represented, the attorney or representative shall file a Notice of Appearance on Form EOIR-28 with the Immigration Court and shall serve a copy...
Section 1003.18 Scheduling of cases.
responsible for scheduling cases and providing notice to the government and the alien of the time, place, and date of hearings. (b) In removal proceedings pursuant...
Section 1003.19 Custody/bond.
by the service pursuant to 8 CFR part 1236 may be reviewed by an Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 CFR part 1236. (b) Application for an initial bond redetermination by...
Section 1003.20 Change of venue.
where jurisdiction vests pursuant to Sec. 1003.14. (b) The Immigration Judge, for good cause, may change venue only upon motion by one of the parties, after...
Section 1003.21 Pre-hearing conferences and statement.
may be scheduled at the discretion of the Immigration Judge. The conference may be held to narrow issues, to obtain stipulations between the parties, to...
Section 1003.22 Interpreters.
a hearing shall swear or affirm to interpret and translate accurately, unless the interpreter is an employee of the United States Government, in which event no such oath...
Section 1003.23 Reopening or reconsideration before the Immigration Court.
(a) Pre-decision motions. Unless otherwise permitted by the Immigration Judge, motions submitted prior to the final order of an Immigration Judge shall be in writing...
Section 1003.24 Fees pertaining to matters within the jurisdiction of
Judge. Unless waived by the Immigration Judge, any fee pertaining to a matter within the jurisdiction of the Immigration Judge shall be remitted in...
Section 1003.25 Form of the proceeding.
the parties. The Immigration Judge may, for good cause, and consistent with section 240(b) of the Act, waive the presence of the alien at a hearing when the alien is represented...
Section 1003.26 In absentia hearings.
an Immigration Judge in which the applicant fails to appear, the Immigration Judge shall conduct an in absentia hearing if the Immigration Judge is satisfied that notice...
Section 1003.27 Public access to hearings.
hearings, shall be open to the public except that: (a) Depending upon physical facilities, the Immigration Judge may place reasonable limitations upon the number...
Section 1003.28 Recording equipment.
in the proceeding will be the equipment used by the Immigration Judge to create the official record. No other photographic, video, electronic, or similar recording...
Section 1003.29 Continuances.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1003.29] [Page 805] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1003_EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW--Table of Contents Subpart C_Immigration Court_Rules of Procedure Sec. 1003.29 Continuances. The Immigration Judge may grant a motion for continuance for good cause shown. [52 FR 2936, Jan. 29, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 11571, Apr. 6, 1992]
Section 1003.30 Additional charges in deportation or removal hearings.
At any time during deportation or removal proceedings, additional or substituted charges of deportability and/or factual allegations may be lodged by the Service in writing....
Section 1003.31 Filing documents and applications.
applications that are to be considered in a proceeding before an Immigration Judge must be filed with the Immigration Court having administrative control over the Record...
Section 1003.32 Service and size of documents.
hearings, a copy of all documents (including proposed exhibits or applications) filed with or presented to the Immigration Judge shall be simultaneously served by the...
Section 1003.33 Translation of documents.
offered by a party in a proceeding shall be accompanied by an English language translation and a certification signed by the translator that must be...
Section 1003.34 Testimony.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1003.34] [Page 806] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1003_EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW--Table of Contents Subpart C_Immigration Court_Rules of Procedure Sec. 1003.34 Testimony. Testimony of witnesses appearing at the hearing shall be under oath or affirmation. [52 FR 2936, Jan. 29, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 11571, Apr. 6, 1992]
Section 1003.35 Depositions and subpoenas.
Judge is satisfied that a witness is not reasonably available at the place of hearing and that said witness' testimony or other evidence is essential, the Immigration...
Section 1003.36 Record of proceeding.
and control the Record of Proceeding. [52 FR 2936, Jan. 29, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 11571, Apr. 6, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 34089, June...
Section 1003.37 Decisions.
may be rendered orally or in writing. If the decision is oral, it shall be stated by the Immigration Judge in the presence of the parties and a memorandum summarizing the...
Section 1003.38 Appeals.
appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals as authorized by 8 CFR 3.1(b). (b) The Notice of Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals of Decision of Immigration Judge...
Section 1003.39 Finality of decision.
the decision of the Immigration Judge becomes final upon waiver of appeal or upon expiration of the time to appeal if no appeal is taken whichever occurs first. [52...
Section 1003.40 Local operating procedures.
administrative control over Records of Proceedings may establish local operating procedures, provided that: (a) Such operating procedure(s) shall not be inconsistent with...
Section 1003.41 Evidence of criminal conviction.
an Immigration Judge, (a) Any of the following documents or records shall be admissible as evidence in proving a criminal conviction: (1) A record of judgment...
Section 1003.42 Review of credible fear determination.
for an Immigration Judge to review an adverse credible fear finding by an asylum officer pursuant to section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Act shall commence with the filing...
Section 1003.43 Motions to reopen for suspension of deportation and
removal pursuant to section 203(c) of NACARA and section 1505(c) of the LIFE Act Amendments. (a) Standard for Adjudication. Except as provided in this...
Section 1003.44 Motion to reopen to apply for section 212(c) relief
aliens in deportation proceedings before April 24, 1996. (a) Standard for adjudication. Except as provided in this section, a motion to reopen proceedings to apply...
Section 1003.46 Protective orders, sealed submissions in Immigration Courts.
(a) Authority. In any immigration or bond proceeding, Immigration Judges may, upon a showing by the Service of a substantial likelihood that specific information...
Section 1003.61 List.
noted. (a) The Chief Immigration Judge shall maintain a current list of organizations and attorneys qualified under this subpart which provide free...
Section 1003.62 Qualifications.
1292.2. An organization that is recognized under Sec. 1292.2 of this chapter that seeks to have its name appear on the list of free legal services providers maintained...
Section 1003.63 Applications.
appear on the list of free legal services providers maintained by the Chief Immigration Judge under this subpart, an organization or attorney must file an...
Section 1003.64 Approval and denial of applications.
of the Immigration Court having jurisdiction over each locality where an organization or attorney provides free legal services shall forward a recommendation for approval...
Section 1003.65 Removal of an organization or attorney from list.
(a) Involuntary removal. If the Chief Immigration Judge believes that an organization or attorney included on the list of free legal services providers no longer meets...
Section 1003.101 General provisions.
June 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted. (a) Authority to sanction. An adjudicating official or the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) may impose...
Section 1003.102 Grounds.
public interest for an adjudicating official or the Board to impose disciplinary sanctions against any practitioner who falls within one or more of the categories enumerated...
Section 1003.103 Immediate suspension and summary disciplinary
duty of practitioner to notify EOIR of conviction or discipline. (a) Immediate suspension--(1) Petition. The Office of the General Counsel of...
Section 1003.104 Filing of complaints; preliminary inquiries; resolutions;
referral of complaints. (a) Filing of complaints--(1) Practitioners authorized to practice before the [[Page 821]] Board and the...
Section 1003.105 Notice of Intent to Discipline.
(a) Issuance of Notice to practitioner. If, upon completion of the preliminary inquiry, the Office of the General Counsel of EOIR determines that sufficient prima facie evidence exists...
Section 1003.106 Hearing and disposition.
(i) The Chief Immigration Judge shall, upon the filing of an answer, appoint an Immigration Judge as an adjudicating official. At the request of the Chief...
Section 1003.107 Reinstatement after expulsion or suspension.
(a) Expiration of suspension. Upon notice to the Board, a practitioner who has been suspended will be reinstated to practice before the Board and the Immigration Courts...
Section 1003.108 Confidentiality.
preliminary inquiries. Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, information concerning complaints or preliminary inquiries is confidential. A practitioner whose conduct...
Section 1003.109 Discipline of government attorneys.
Complaints regarding the conduct or behavior of Department attorneys, Immigration Judges, or Board Members shall be directed to the Office of Professional Responsibility, United...
Part 1101_PRESUMPTION OF LAWFUL ADMISSION--Table of Contents
Section 1101.1 Presumption of lawful admission.
residence even though a record of his admission cannot be found, except as otherwise provided in this section, unless he abandoned his lawful permanent resident status...
Section 1101.2 Presumption of lawful admission; entry under erroneous
immigrant or nonimmigrant under any of the following circumstances shall be regarded as having been lawfully admitted in such status, except as otherwise provided in this...
Section 1101.3 Creation of record of lawful permanent resident status for
born to foreign diplomat--(1) Status of person. A person born in the United States to a foreign diplomatic officer accredited to the United States, as a matter of...
Section 1101.4 Registration procedure.
Card, Form I-551, for a person eligible for presumption of lawful admission for permanent residence under Sec. 1101.1 or Sec. 1101.2 or for lawful permanent...
Section 1101.5 Special immigrant status for certain G-4 nonimmigrants.
under section 101(a)(27)(I) of the INA [[Page 831]] shall be made on Form I-485. The application date of the I-485 shall be the date of acceptance by the Service...
Part 1103_APPEALS, RECORDS, AND FEES--Table of Contents
Section 1103.3 Denials, appeals, and precedent decisions.
Service officer denies an application or petition filed under Sec. 103.2 of this part, the officer shall explain in writing the specific reasons for denial. If Form I-292 (a denial...
Section 1103.4 Certifications.
the Commissioner's delegate may direct that any case or class of cases be certified to another Service official for decision. In addition, regional commissioners, regional...
Section 1103.7 Fees.
petition prescribed in this chapter and shall be in the amount prescribed by law or regulation. Except for fees remitted directly to the Board pursuant to the provisions...
Part 1204_IMMIGRANT PETITIONS--Table of Contents
Section 1204.1 Single level of appellate review.
CFR chapter I, part 204 because the petitioner failed to establish eligibility for the bona fide marriage exemption contained in that part will constitute the single level...
Part 1205_REVOCATION OF APPROVAL OF PETITIONS--Table of Contents
Section 1205.1 Automatic revocation.
204 of the Act and in accordance with part 204 of 8 CFR chapter I is revoked as of the date of approval: (1) If the Secretary of State shall terminate the registration...
Section 1205.2 Revocation on notice.
the approval of that petition upon notice to the petitioner on any ground other than those specified in Sec. 1205.1 when the necessity for the revocation comes to...
Part 1207_ADMISSION OF REFUGEES--Table of Contents
Section 1207.3 Waivers of inadmissibility.
Act which are not applicable and those which may be waived in the case of an otherwise qualified refugee and the conditions under which such waivers may be approved. Officers...
Part 1208_PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL--Table of Contents
Section 1208.1 General.
provided in this chapter, this subpart shall apply to all applications for asylum under section 208 of the Act or for withholding of deportation or withholding of...
Section 1208.2 Jurisdiction
Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, the Office of International Affairs shall have initial jurisdiction over an asylum application filed by an...
Section 1208.3 Form of application.
file Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, together with any additional supporting evidence in accordance with the instructions on the form....
Section 1208.4 Filing the application.
paragraph (a) of this section, asylum applications shall be filed in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section. (a) Prohibitions on filing. Section 208(a)(2) of...
Section 1208.5 Special duties toward aliens in custody of the Service.
(a) General. When an alien in the custody of the Service requests asylum or withholding of removal, or expresses a fear of persecution or harm upon return to his or...
Section 1208.6 Disclosure to third parties.
in or pertaining to any asylum application, records pertaining to any credible fear determination conducted pursuant to Sec. 1208.30, and records pertaining to...
Section 1208.7 Employment authorization.
approval. (1) Subject to the restrictions contained in sections 208(d) and 236(a) of the Act, an applicant for asylum who is not an aggravated felon shall be eligible pursuant...
Section 1208.8 Limitations on travel outside the United States.
(a) An applicant who leaves the United States without first obtaining advance parole under Sec. 212.5(f) of this chapter shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her...
Section 1208.9 Procedure for interview before an asylum officer.
(a) The Service shall adjudicate the claim of each asylum applicant whose application is complete within the meaning of Sec. 1208.3(c)(3) and is within the jurisdiction of...
Section 1208.10 Failure to appear at an interview before an asylum
or failure to follow requirements for fingerprint processing. Failure to appear for a scheduled interview without prior authorization may result in dismissal of...
Section 1208.11 Comments from the Department of State.
Service shall forward to the Department of State a copy of each completed application it receives. At its option, the Department of State may provide detailed country...
Section 1208.12 Reliance on information compiled by other sources.
(a) In deciding an asylum application, or in deciding whether the alien has a credible fear of persecution or torture pursuant to Sec. 1208.30 of this part, or a reasonable...
Section 1208.13 Establishing asylum eligibility.
of proof. The burden of proof is on the applicant for asylum to establish that he or she is a refugee as defined in section 101(a)(42) of the Act. The testimony of the applicant,...
Section 1208.14 Approval, denial, referral, or dismissal of application.
(a) By an immigration judge. Unless otherwise prohibited in Sec. 1208.13(c), an immigration judge may grant or deny asylum in the exercise of discretion to...
Section 1208.15 Definition of ``firm resettlement.''
is considered to be firmly resettled if, prior to arrival in the United States, he or she entered into another country with, or while in that country received, an offer of...
Section 1208.16 Withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)(B) of
the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. (a) Consideration of application for withholding of removal. An asylum officer shall not...
Section 1208.17 Deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.
(a) Grant of deferral of removal. An alien who: has been ordered removed; has been found under Sec. 1208.16(c)(3) to be entitled to protection under the...
Section 1208.18 Implementation of the Convention Against Torture.
(a) Definitions. The definitions in this subsection incorporate the definition of torture contained in Article 1 of the Convention Against Torture, subject to...
Section 1208.19 Decisions.
grant or to deny asylum or to refer an asylum application, in accordance with Sec. 1208.14(b) or (c), shall be communicated in writing to the applicant. Pursuant to Sec....
Section 1208.20 Determining if an asylum application is frivolous.
For applications filed on or after April 1, 1997, an applicant is subject to the provisions of section 208(d)(6) of the Act only if a final order by an immigration judge or...
Section 1208.21 Admission of the asylee's spouse and children.
(a) Eligibility. In accordance with section 208(b)(3) of the Act, a spouse, as defined in section 101(a)(35) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(35), or child, as defined in...
Section 1208.22 Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings.
An alien who has been granted asylum may not be deported or removed unless his or her asylum status is terminated pursuant to Sec. 1208.24. An alien in...
Section 1208.23 Restoration of status.
his or her nonimmigrant status at the time of filing an asylum application and has such application denied may continue in or be restored to that status, if it has...
Section 1208.24 Termination of asylum or withholding of removal or deportation.
(a) Termination of asylum by the Service. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, an asylum officer may terminate a grant of asylum made under...
Section 1208.30 Credible fear determinations involving stowaways and
for admission found inadmissible pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C) or 212(a)(7) of the Act. (a) Jurisdiction. The provisions of this subpart apply...
Section 1208.31 Reasonable fear of persecution or torture determinations
aliens ordered removed under section 238(b) of the Act and aliens whose removal is reinstated under section 241(a)(5) of the Act. (a) Jurisdiction....
Part 1209_ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES AND ALIENS GRANTED ASYLUM
Section 1209.1 Adjustment of status of refugees.
procedure for adjustment of status by a refugee admitted under section 207 of the [[Page 873]] Act whose application is based on his or her refugee...
Section 1209.2 Adjustment of status of alien granted asylum.
exclusive procedure for adjustment of status by an asylee admitted under section 208 of the Act whose application is based on his or her asylee status. (a) Eligibility....
Part 1211_DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: IMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS--Table of Contents
Section 1211.4 Waiver of documents for returning residents.
alien previously lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who, upon return from a temporary absence was inadmissible because of failure to have or to...
Part 1212_DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: NONIMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS; ADMISSION
Section 1212.1 Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants.
visa and an unexpired passport, valid for the period set forth in section 212(a)(26) of the Act, shall be presented by each arriving nonimmigrant alien except that the...
Section 1212.2 Consent to reapply for admission after deportation,
departure at Government expense. (a) Evidence. Any alien who has been deported or removed from the United States is inadmissible to the United States unless the alien...
Section 1212.3 Application for the exercise of discretion under section 212(c).
(a) Jurisdiction. An application for the exercise of discretion under section 212(c) of the Act shall be submitted on Form I-191, Application for Advance Permission to...
Section 1212.4 Applications for the exercise of discretion under section
212(d)(3). (a) Applications under section 212(d)(3)(A)--(1) General. District directors and officers in charge outside the United States in the districts...
Section 1212.5 Parole of aliens into the United States.
the Commissioner to continue an alien in custody or grant parole under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Act shall be exercised by the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner...
Section 1212.6 Border crossing identification cards.
Form DSP-150, B-1/B-2 Visa and Border Crossing Card, issued by the Department of State. A citizen of Mexico, who seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business...
Section 1212.7 Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility.
Section 1212.8 Certification requirement of section 212(a)(14).
The certification requirement of section 212(a)(14) of the Act applies to aliens seeking admission to the United States or adjustment of status under section 245 of the Act...
Section 1212.9 Applicability of section 212(a)(32) to certain derivative
sixth preference and nonpreference immigrants. A derivative beneficiary who is the spouse or child of a qualified third or sixth preference or nonpreference immigrant and who...
Section 1212.10 Section 212(k) waiver.
in possession of an immigrant visa, and who is excludable under sections 212(a)(14), (20), or (21) of the Act, may apply to the district director at the port of entry for a...
Section 1212.11 Controlled substance convictions.
an alien who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance, the...
Section 1212.12 Parole determinations and revocations respecting Mariel Cubans.
(a) Scope. This section applies to any native of Cuba who last came to the United States between April 15, 1980, and October 20, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as Mariel...
Section 1212.14 Parole determinations for alien witnesses and informants
a law enforcement authority (``LEA'') will request S classification. (a) Parole authority. Parole authorization under section 212(d)(5) of the Act for aliens whom LEAs...
Section 1212.15 Certificates for foreign health care workers.
aliens. With the exception of the aliens described in paragraph (b) of this section, any alien coming to the United States for the primary purpose of performing labor in...
Section 1212.16 Applications for exercise of discretion relating to T
(a) Filing the waiver application. An alien applying for the exercise of discretion under section 212(d)(13) or (d)(3)(B) of the Act (waivers...
Part 1214_REVIEW OF NONIMMIGRANT CLASSES--Table of Contents
Section 1214.1 Review of requirements for admission, extension, and
or an extension of stay in, the United States, shall establish that he or she is admissible to the United States, or that any ground of inadmissibility has been waived...
Section 1214.2 Review of alien victims of severe forms of trafficking in
T visas while in proceedings. Individuals who believe they are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons and who are in pending immigration proceedings must inform...
Section 1214.3 Certain spouses and children of lawful permanent residents;
and believes that he or she may have become eligible to apply for V nonimmigrant status should request before the immigration judge or the Board of...
Part 1215_CONTROLS OF ALIENS DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES--Table of
Section 1215.1 Definitions.
or national of the United States. (b) The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. (c) The term regional commissioner means...
Section 1215.2 Authority of departure-control officer to prevent alien's
shall depart, or attempt to depart, from the United States if his departure would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States under the provisions of Sec. 1215.3....
Section 1215.3 Alien whose departure is deemed prejudicial to the interests
the United States of any alien within one or more of the following categories shall be deemed prejudicial to the interests of the United States. (a) Any alien who is...
Section 1215.4 Procedure in case of alien prevented from departing from
an enemy alien, whose departure has been temporarily prevented under the provisions of Sec. 1215.2, may, within 15 days of the service upon him of the written order...
Section 1215.5 Hearing procedure before special inquiry officer.
be conducted in accordance with the following procedure: (1) The special inquiry officer shall advise the alien of the rights and privileges accorded him under...
Section 1215.6 Departure from the Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of
(a) In addition to the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the provisions of this part upon the departure of aliens from the United States, any alien who...
Section 1215.7 Instructions from the Administrator required in certain cases.
the Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, departure-control officers shall not exercise the authority conferred by Sec. 1215.2 in the case of...
Part 1216_CONDITIONAL BASIS OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENCE STATUS--Table of
Section 1216.1 Definition of conditional permanent resident.
admitted for permanent residence within the meaning of section 101(a)(20) of the Act, except that a conditional permanent resident is also subject to the conditions...
Section 1216.2 Notification requirements.
time an alien acquires conditional permanent residence through admission to the United States with an immigrant visa or adjustment of status under section 245 of the Act,...
Section 1216.3 Termination of conditional resident status.
send a formal written notice to the conditional permanent resident of the termination of the alien's conditional permanent resident status if the director determines that any...
Section 1216.4 Joint petition to remove conditional basis of lawful
(a) Filing the petition--(1) General procedures. Within the 90-day period immediately preceding the second anniversary of the date on which the alien obtained permanent residence,...
Section 1216.5 Waiver of requirement to file joint petition to remove
A conditional resident alien who is unable to meet the requirements under section 216 of the Act for a joint petition for removal of the conditional basis of his or her...
Section 1216.6 Petition by entrepreneur to remove conditional basis of
the petition--(1) General procedures. A petition to remove the conditional basis of the permanent resident status of an alien accorded conditional permanent residence pursuant...
Part 1235_INSPECTION OF PERSONS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION--Table of Contents
Section 1235.1 Scope of examination.
an immigration officer at a U.S. port-of-entry when the port is open for inspection, or as otherwise designated in this section. (b) U.S. citizens. A person claiming...
Section 1235.2 Parole for deferred inspection.
any vessel or aircraft, or of any alien, to another Service office or port-of-entry. Any alien coming to a United States port from a foreign port, from an outlying possession of...
Section 1235.3 Inadmissible aliens and expedited removal.
the United States by vessel or aircraft shall be detained aboard the vessel or at the airport of arrival by the owner, agent, master, commanding officer, person in...
Section 1235.4 Withdrawal of application for admission.
admission to withdraw his or her application for admission in lieu of removal proceedings under section 240 of the Act or expedited removal under section 235(b)(1) of...
Section 1235.5 Preinspection.
Rico, or the United States Virgin Islands destined directly and without touching at a foreign port or place, to any other of such places, or to one of the States of...
Section 1235.6 Referral to immigration judge.
asylum officer will sign and deliver a Form I-862 to an alien in the following cases: (i) If, in accordance with the provisions of section 235(b)(2)(A) of the Act,...
Section 1235.8 Inadmissibility on security and related grounds.
that an arriving alien appears to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(A) (other than clause (ii)), (B), or (C) of the Act, the immigration officer or immigration...
Section 1235.9 Northern Marianas identification card.
Marianas Identification Cards to aliens who acquired United States citizenship when the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union...
Section 1235.10 U.S. Citizen Identification Card.
by the Service but valid existing cards will continue to be acceptable documentation of U.S. citizenship. Possession of the identification card is not mandatory for any purpose....
Section 1235.11 Admission of conditional permanent residents.
alien seeking admission to the United States with an immigrant visa as the spouse or son or daughter of a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident shall be...
Part 1236_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE
Section 1236.1 Apprehension, custody, and detention.
1236.1 Apprehension, custody, and detention. (a) Detainers. The issuance of a detainer under this section shall be governed by the provisions of Sec. 287.7 of 8...
Section 1236.2 Confined aliens, incompetents, and minors.
Confined aliens, incompetents, and minors. (a) Service. If the respondent is confined, or if he or she is an incompetent, or a minor under the age of 14, the notice...
Section 1236.3 Detention and release of juveniles.
1236.3 Detention and release of juveniles. (a) Juveniles. A juvenile is defined as an alien under the age of 18 years. (b) Release. Juveniles for whom bond has...
Section 1236.4 Removal of S-5, S-6, and S-7 nonimmigrants.
1236.4 Removal of S-5, S-6, and S-7 nonimmigrants. (a) Condition of classification. As a condition of classification and continued stay in classification pursuant to...
Section 1236.5 Fingerprints and photographs.
Fingerprints and photographs. Every alien 14 years of age or older against whom proceedings based on deportability under section 237 of the Act are commenced under...
Section 1236.6 Information regarding detainees.
Information regarding detainees. No person, including any state or local government entity or any privately operated detention facility, that houses, maintains,...
Part 1238_EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF AGGRAVATED FELONS--Table of Contents
Section 1238.1 Proceedings under section 238(b) of the Act.
means a district director, chief patrol agent, or another immigration officer designated by a district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner...
Part 1239_INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
Section 1239.1 Notice to appear.
or inadmissibility of an alien is commenced by the filing of a notice to appear with the Immigration Court. Any immigration officer performing an inspection of...
Section 1239.2 Cancellation of notice to appear.
prior to jurisdiction vesting with the immigration judge pursuant to Sec. 1003.14 of this chapter provided the officer is satisfied that: (1) The respondent is a...
Section 1239.3 Effect of filing notice to appear.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1239.3] [Page 947] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1239_INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents Sec. 1239.3 Effect of filing notice to appear. The filing of a notice to appear shall have no effect in determining periods of unlawful presence as defined in section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Act.
Part 1240_PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED
Section 1240.1 Immigration judges.
(a) Authority. (1) In any removal proceeding pursuant to section 240 of the Act, the immigration judge shall have the authority to: (i) Determine removability pursuant to...
Section 1240.2 Service counsel.
Service counsel shall present on behalf of the government evidence material to the issues of deportability or inadmissibility and any other issues that may require...
Section 1240.3 Representation by counsel.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1240.3] [Page 950] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1240_PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Removal Proceedings Sec. 1240.3 Representation by counsel. The respondent may be represented at the hearing by an attorney or other representative qualified under 8 CFR part 1292.
Section 1240.4 Incompetent respondents.
When it is impracticable for the respondent to be present at the hearing because of mental incompetency, the attorney, legal representative, legal guardian, near relative, or friend...
Section 1240.5 Interpreter.
as an interpreter in a hearing before an immigration judge under this part shall be sworn to interpret and translate accurately, unless the interpreter is an employee of...
Section 1240.6 Postponement and adjournment of hearing.
After the commencement of the hearing, the immigration judge may grant a reasonable adjournment either at his or her own instance or, for good cause shown, upon...
Section 1240.7 Evidence in removal proceedings under section 240 of the Act.
240 of the Act. (a) Use of prior statements. The immigration judge may receive in evidence any oral or written statement that is material and relevant to any issue...
Section 1240.8 Burdens of proof in removal proceedings.
(a) Deportable aliens. A respondent charged with deportability shall be found to be removable if the Service proves by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent...
Section 1240.9 Contents of record.
before the immigration judge, including the testimony, exhibits, applications, proffers, and requests, the immigration judge's decision, and all written orders, motions,...
Section 1240.10 Hearing.
a removal proceeding, the immigration judge shall: (1) Advise the respondent of his or her right to representation, at no expense to the government, by counsel of his or her...
Section 1240.11 Ancillary matters, applications.
(a) Creation of the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (1) In a removal proceeding, an alien may apply to the immigration judge for cancellation...
Section 1240.12 Decision of the immigration judge.
(a) Contents. The decision of the immigration judge may be oral or written. The decision of the immigration judge shall include a finding as to inadmissibility...
Section 1240.13 Notice of decision.
(a) Written decision. A written decision shall be served upon the respondent and the Service counsel, together [[Page 955]] with the notice referred to in Sec. 1003.3...
Section 1240.14 Finality of order.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1240.14] [Page 955] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1240_PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Removal Proceedings Sec. 1240.14 Finality of order. The order of the immigration judge shall become final in accordance with Sec. 1003.39 of this chapter.
Section 1240.15 Appeals.
part 1003, an appeal shall lie from a decision of an immigration judge to the Board of Immigration Appeals, except that no appeal shall lie from an order of removal entered...
Section 1240.16 Application of new procedures or termination of proceedings
proceedings in old proceedings pursuant to section 309(c) of Public Law 104-208. The Attorney General shall have the sole discretion to apply the provisions...
Section 1240.20 Cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under
status under section 240A of the Act. (a) Jurisdiction. An application for the exercise of discretion under section 240A of the Act shall be submitted on...
Section 1240.21 Suspension of deportation and adjustment of status under
of status under section 244(a) of the Act (as in effect before April 1, 1997) and cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under section 240A(b) of the Act...
Section 1240.26 Voluntary departure--authority of the Executive Office
the Executive Office for Immigration Review. (a) Eligibility: general. An alien previously granted voluntary departure under section 240B of the Act, including by...
Section 1240.30 Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997.
Sec. 1240.30 Proceedings prior to April 1, 1997. Subpart D of 8 CFR part 240 applies to exclusion proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997, pursuant...
Section 1240.31 Authority of immigration judges.
1, 1997) Sec. 1240.31 Authority of immigration judges. In determining cases referred for further inquiry as provided in section 235 of the Act, immigration judges...
Section 1240.32 Hearing.
Sec. 1240.32 Hearing. (a) Opening. Exclusion hearings shall be closed to the public, unless the alien at his or her own instance requests that the...
Section 1240.33 Applications for asylum or withholding of deportation.
1, 1997) Sec. 1240.33 Applications for asylum or withholding of deportation. (a) If the alien expresses fear of persecution or harm upon return to his or her country...
Section 1240.34 Renewal of application for adjustment of status under
Sec. 1240.34 Renewal of application for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Act. An adjustment application by an alien paroled under...
Section 1240.35 Decision of the immigration judge; notice to the applicant.
1, 1997) Sec. 1240.35 Decision of the immigration judge; notice to the applicant. (a) Decision. The immigration judge shall inform the applicant of his or her...
Section 1240.36 Finality of order.
Sec. 1240.36 Finality of order. The decision of the immigration judge shall become final in accordance with Sec. 1003.37 of...
Section 1240.37 Appeals.
Sec. 1240.37 Appeals. Except for temporary exclusions under section 235(c) of the Act, an appeal from a decision of an Immigration Judge under this part may...
Section 1240.38 Fingerprinting of excluded aliens.
Sec. 1240.38 Fingerprinting of excluded aliens. Every alien 14 years of age or older who is excluded from admission to the United States by an immigration...
Section 1240.40 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.40 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997. Subpart E of 8 CFR...
Section 1240.41 Immigration judges.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.41 Immigration judges. (a) Authority. In any proceeding conducted under this...
Section 1240.42 Representation by counsel.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.42 Representation by counsel. The respondent may be represented at the hearing...
Section 1240.43 Incompetent respondents.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.43 Incompetent respondents. When it is impracticable for the respondent to...
Section 1240.44 Interpreter.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.44 Interpreter. Any person acting as interpreter in a hearing before...
Section 1240.45 Postponement and adjournment of hearing.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.45 Postponement and adjournment of hearing. After the commencement of...
Section 1240.46 Evidence.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.46 Evidence. (a) Sufficiency. A determination of deportability shall not be...
Section 1240.47 Contents of record.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.47 Contents of record. The hearing before the immigration judge, including...
Section 1240.48 Hearing.
Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.48 Hearing. (a) Opening. The immigration judge shall advise the respondent...
Section 1240.49 Ancillary matters, applications.
Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.49 Ancillary matters, applications. (a) Creation of the status of an...
Section 1240.50 Decision of the immigration judge.
Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.50 Decision of the immigration judge. (a) Contents. The decision of...
Section 1240.51 Notice of decision.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.51 Notice of decision. (a) Written decision. A written decision shall be...
Section 1240.52 Finality of order.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.52 Finality of order. The decision of the immigration judge shall become final...
Section 1240.53 Appeals.
Prior to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.53 Appeals. (a) Pursuant to 8 CFR part 1003, an appeal shall lie from a...
Section 1240.55 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997.
April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.55 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997. Subpart F of 8 CFR part 1240 applies to deportation proceedings commenced prior...
Section 1240.56 Application.
to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.56 Application. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an alien who is deportable because of a conviction on...
Section 1240.57 Extension of time to depart.
April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.57 Extension of time to depart. Authority to reinstate or extend the time within which to depart voluntarily specified initially by...
Section 1240.58 Extreme hardship.
to April 1, 1997) Sec. 1240.58 Extreme hardship. (a) To be eligible for suspension of deportation under former section 244(a)(1) of the Act, as in effect...
Section 1240.60 Definitions.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.60 Definitions. Source: 64 FR 27876, May 21, 1999, unless otherwise noted. As used in this subpart...
Section 1240.61 Applicability.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.61 Applicability. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this subpart H applies to the following aliens: ...
Section 1240.62 Jurisdiction.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.62 Jurisdiction. (a) Office of International Affairs. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Office...
Section 1240.63 Application process.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.63 Application process. (a) Form and fees. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the application must be...
Section 1240.64 Eligibility--general.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.64 Eligibility--general. (a) Burden and standard of proof. The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish by...
Section 1240.65 Eligibility for suspension of deportation.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.65 Eligibility for suspension of deportation. (a) Applicable statutory provisions. To establish eligibility for...
Section 1240.66 Eligibility for special rule cancellation of removal.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.66 Eligibility for special rule cancellation of removal. (a) Applicable statutory provisions. To establish eligibility...
Section 1240.67 Procedure for interview before an asylum officer.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.67 Procedure for interview before an asylum officer. (a) Fingerprinting requirements. The Service will notify each...
Section 1240.68 Failure to appear at an interview before an asylum officer
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.68 Failure to appear at an interview before an asylum officer or failure to follow requirements for fingerprinting. ...
Section 1240.69 Reliance on information compiled by other sources.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.69 Reliance on information compiled by other sources. In determining whether an applicant is eligible for suspension...
Section 1240.70 Decision by the Service.
203 of Pub. L. 105	100 Sec. 1240.70 Decision by the Service. (a) Service of decision. Unless the asylum officer has granted the application for suspension...
Part 1241_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table
Section 1241.1 Final order of removal.
removal made by the immigration judge at the conclusion of proceedings under section 240 of the Act shall become final: (a) Upon dismissal of an appeal by the Board...
Section 1241.2 Warrant of removal.
a warrant of removal. A Form I-205, Warrant of Removal, based upon the final administrative removal order in the alien's case shall be issued by a district director, the...
Section 1241.3 Detention of aliens during removal period.
(a) Assumption of custody. Once the removal period defined in section 241(a)(1) of the Act begins, an alien in the United States will be taken into custody pursuant to the...
Section 1241.4 Continued detention of inadmissible, criminal, and other
Section 1241.5 Conditions of release after removal period.
(a) Order of supervision. An alien released pursuant to Sec. 1241.4 shall be released pursuant to an order of supervision. The Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner,...
Section 1241.6 Administrative stay of removal.
request of an alien under a final order of deportation or removal for a stay of deportation or removal shall be filed on Form I- 246, Stay of Removal, with the district...
Section 1241.7 Self-removal.
Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs may permit an alien ordered removed (including an alien...
Section 1241.8 Reinstatement of removal orders.
(a) Applicability. An alien who illegally reenters the United States after having been removed, or having departed voluntarily, while under an order of exclusion, deportation,...
Section 1241.9 Notice to transportation line of alien's removal.
(a) An alien who has been ordered removed shall, immediately or as promptly as the circumstances permit, be offered for removal to the owner, agent, master,...
Section 1241.10 Special care and attention of removable aliens.
When, in accordance with section 241(c)(3) of the Act, a transportation line is responsible for the expenses of an inadmissible or deportable alien's removal, and the...
Section 1241.11 Detention and removal of stowaways.
(a) Presentation of stowaways. The owner, agent, master, commanding officer, charterer, or consignee of a vessel or aircraft (referred to in this section as the carrier)...
Section 1241.12 Nonapplication of costs of detention and maintenance.
The owner of a vessel or aircraft bringing an alien to the United States who claims to be exempt from payment of the costs of detention and maintenance of the...
Section 1241.13 Determination of whether there is a significant likelihood
of removing a detained alien in the reasonably foreseeable future. (a) Scope. This section establishes special review procedures for those aliens who...
Section 1241.14 Continued detention of removable aliens on account of
account of special circumstances. (a) Scope. The Service may invoke the procedures of this section in order to continue detention of particular removable aliens on...
Section 1241.15 Information regarding detainees.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1241.15] [Page 1003] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1241_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table of Contents Subpart A_Post-hearing Detention and Removal Sec. 1241.15 Information regarding detainees. Disclosure of information relating to detainees shall be governed by the provisions of Sec. 1236.6 of this chapter. [67 FR 19511, Apr. 22, 2002]
Section 1241.20 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997.
1241.20 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997. Subpart B of 8 CFR part 241 applies to exclusion proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997. All...
Section 1241.21 Stay of deportation of excluded alien.
1241.21 Stay of deportation of excluded alien. The district director in charge of the port of arrival may stay the immediate deportation of an excluded alien...
Section 1241.22 Notice to surrender for deportation.
1241.22 Notice to surrender for deportation. An alien who has been finally excluded pursuant to 8 CFR part 1240, subpart D may at any time surrender himself or...
Section 1241.23 Cost of maintenance not assessed.
1241.23 Cost of maintenance not assessed. A claim pursuant to section 237(a)(1) of the Act shall be established to the satisfaction of the district director in...
Section 1241.24 Notice to transportation line of alien's exclusion.
1241.24 Notice to transportation line of alien's exclusion. (a) An excluded alien shall, immediately or as promptly as the circumstances permit, be offered...
Section 1241.25 Deportation.
1241.25 Deportation. (a) Definitions of terms. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean: (1) Adjacent island--as defined in section...
Section 1241.30 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997.
1241.30 Proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997. Subpart C of 8 CFR part 1241 applies to deportation proceedings commenced prior to April 1, 1997....
Section 1241.31 Final order of deportation.
1241.31 Final order of deportation. Except as otherwise required by section 242(c) of the Act for the specific purposes of that section, an order of...
Section 1241.32 Warrant of deportation.
Sec. 1241.32 Warrant of deportation. A Form I-205, Warrant of Deportation, based upon the final administrative order of deportation in the alien's case shall...
Section 1241.33 Expulsion.
1241.33 Expulsion. (a) Execution of order. Except in the exercise of discretion by the district director, and for such reasons as are set forth in Sec....
Part 1244_TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR NATIONALS OF DESIGNATED
Section 1244.1 Definitions.
from the United States that satisfies the following criteria: (1) Each such absence was of short duration and reasonably calculated to accomplish the purpose(s) for...
Section 1244.2 Eligibility.
of the director be granted Temporary Protected Status if the alien establishes that he or she: (a) Is a national, as defined in section 101(a)(21) of the Act, of...
Section 1244.3 Applicability of grounds of inadmissibility.
(4), (5) (A) and (B), and (7)(A)(i) of section 212(a) of the Act shall not render an alien ineligible for Temporary Protected Status. (b) Waiver of grounds...
Section 1244.4 Ineligible aliens.
(a) Has been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors, as defined in Sec. 1244.1, committed in the United States, or (b) Is an alien described in section 243(h)(2) of...
Section 1244.5 Temporary treatment benefits for eligible aliens.
the registration period established by the Attorney General, a national of a foreign state designated by the Attorney General shall be afforded temporary treatment benefits...
Section 1244.6 Application.
103.2 of this chapter except as provided in this section. Each application must be filed with the fee, as provided in Sec. 103.7 of this chapter by each individual...
Section 1244.7 Filing the application.
director having jurisdiction over the applicant's place of residence. (b) An application for Temporary Protected Status must be filed during the registration...
Section 1244.8 Appearance.
applicant may be required to present documentary evidence to establish his or her eligibility. The applicant may have a representative as defined in Sec. 1292.1 of this...
Section 1244.9 Evidence.
the instructions or requested by the Service. The Service may require proof of unsuccessful efforts to obtain documents claimed to be unavailable. If any required document...
Section 1244.10 Decision by the director or Administrative Appeals Unit (AAU).
The director shall grant temporary treatment benefits to the applicant if the applicant establishes prima facie eligibility for Temporary Protected Status in accordance...
Section 1244.11 Renewal of application; appeal to the Board of
served on the alien with a notice of denial or withdrawal of Temporary Protected Status, an alien may renew the application for Temporary Protected Status in deportation...
Section 1244.12 Employment authorization.
INS shall grant an employment authorization document valid during the initial period of the foreign state's designation (and any extensions of such period). (b) If...
Section 1244.13 Termination of temporary treatment benefits.
final determination with respect to the alien's eligibility for Temporary Protected Status. (b) Temporary treatment benefits terminate, in any case, sixty (60) days...
Section 1244.14 Withdrawal of Temporary Protected Status.
status of an alien granted Temporary Protected Status under section 244 of the Act at any time upon the occurrence of any of the following: (1) The alien was not in...
Section 1244.15 Travel abroad.
physically present in the United States under the provisions of section 244(c)(3)(B) of the Act. The grant of Temporary Protected Status shall not constitute...
Section 1244.16 Confidentiality.
by an alien shall not be released in any form whatsoever to a third party requester without a court order, or the written consent of the alien. For the purpose of...
Section 1244.17 Annual registration.
the INS designated office having jurisdiction over their place of residence. Such registration will apply to nationals of those foreign states designated or redesignated for...
Section 1244.18 Issuance of charging documents; detention.
alien granted Temporary Protected Status on grounds of deportability or excludability which would have rendered the alien statutorily ineligible for such status pursuant to...
Section 1244.19 Termination of designation.
afforded temporary Protected Status shall, upon the sixtieth (60th) day after the date notice of termination is published in the Federal Register, or on the last day of...
Section 1244.20 Waiver of fees.
the district director or service center director for Temporary Protected Status may be waived if the applicant establishes that he or she is unable to pay the...
Part 1245_ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO THAT OF PERSON ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT
Section 1245.1 Eligibility.
Section 1245.2 Application.
eligibility requirements of section 245 of the Act or section 1 of the Act of November 2, 1966, and Sec. 1245.1 shall apply to the director having jurisdiction over his...
Section 1245.3 Adjustment of status under section 13 of the Act of
Any application for benefits under section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957, as amended, must be filed on Form I-485 with the director having jurisdiction over...
Section 1245.4 Documentary requirements.
documentary requirements for immigrants shall not apply to an applicant under this part. (Secs. 103, 214, 245 Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended; (8 U.S.C....
Section 1245.5 Medical examination.
status shall be required to have a medical examination by a designated civil surgeon, whose report setting forth the findings of the mental and physical condition of...
Section 1245.6 Interview.
an immigration officer. This interview may be waived in the case of a child under the age of 14; when the applicant is clearly ineligible under section 245(c) of the Act...
Section 1245.7 Adjustment of status of certain Soviet and Indochinese
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (Pub. L. 101-167). (a) Application. Each person applying for benefits under section 599E of Public Law 101-167 (103...
Section 1245.8 Adjustment of status as a special immigrant under section
(a) Application. Each person applying for adjustment of status as a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27)(K) of the Act must file a Form I-485, Application to...
Section 1245.9 Adjustment of status of certain nationals of the People's
102-404. (a) Principal applicant status. All nationals of the People's Republic of China who qualify under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section may apply...
Section 1245.10 Adjustment of status upon payment of additional sum under
(a) Definitions. As used in this section the term: (1)(i) Grandfathered alien means an alien who is the beneficiary (including a spouse or child of the alien beneficiary if...
Section 1245.11 Adjustment of aliens in S nonimmigrant classification.
on Form I-854, requesting that an alien witness or informant in S nonimmigrant classification be allowed to adjust status to that of lawful permanent resident, may only be...
Section 1245.12 What are the procedures for certain Polish and Hungarian
to that of permanent resident under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996? (a) How do I apply for adjustment of status under this...
Section 1245.13 Adjustment of status of certain nationals of Nicaragua
Section 1245.14 Adjustment of status of certain health care workers.
status to perform labor in a health care occupation as described in 8 CFR 1212.15(c) must present evidence at the time he or she applies for adjustment of status, and,...
Section 1245.15 Adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals under
Section 1245.18 How can physicians (with approved Forms I-140) that are
or at a Veterans Affairs facility adjust status? (a) Which physicians are eligible for this benefit? Any alien physician who has been granted a...
Section 1245.20 Adjustment of status of Syrian asylees under Public Law
Syrian asylees under Public Law 106-378. (a) Eligibility. An alien is eligible to apply to adjust status under Public Law 106-378 if the alien is: (1) A Jewish...
Section 1245.21 Adjustment of status of certain nationals of Vietnam,
Public Law 106-429). (a) Eligibility. The Service may adjust the status to that of a lawful permanent resident, a native or citizen of Vietnam, Cambodia, or...
Section 1245.22 Evidence to demonstrate an alien's physical presence
(a) Evidence. Generally, an alien who is required to demonstrate his or her physical presence in the United States on a specific date in...
Part 1246_RESCISSION OF ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS--Table of Contents
Section 1246.1 Notice.
adjustment of status made in his or her case, or it appears to an asylum office director that a person granted adjustment of status by an asylum officer pursuant to 8 CFR...
Section 1246.2 Allegations admitted; no answer filed; no hearing requested.
filed within the thirty-day period, or if no hearing is requested within such period, the district director or asylum office director shall rescind the adjustment of...
Section 1246.3 Allegations contested or denied; hearing requested.
Sec. 1246.1, the respondent has filed an answer which contests or denies any allegation in the notice, or a hearing is requested, a hearing pursuant to Sec. 1246.5 shall...
Section 1246.4 Immigration judge's authority; withdrawal and substitution.
have authority to interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the respondent and other witnesses, to present and receive evidence, to determine whether adjustment of status...
Section 1246.5 Hearing.
present evidence, and to interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the respondent and other witnesses. The Service counsel is authorized to appeal from a decision of...
Section 1246.6 Decision and order.
not required. The order shall direct either that the proceeding be terminated or [[Page 1072]] that the adjustment of status be rescinded. Service of the decision...
Section 1246.7 Appeals.
of Immigration Appeals. An appeal shall be taken within 30 days after the mailing of a written decision or the stating of an oral decision. The reasons for the appeal shall...
Section 1246.9 Surrender of Form I-551.
of the Act and this part, shall, upon demand, promptly surrender to the district director having administrative jurisdiction over the office in which the action under this...
Part 1249_CREATION OF RECORDS OF LAWFUL ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT
Section 1249.1 Waiver of inadmissibility.
otherwise eligible alien who is inadmissible under paragraph (9), (10), or (12) of section 212(a) of the Act or so much of paragraph (23) of section 212(a) of the Act as...
Section 1249.2 Application.
has been served with a notice to appear or warrant of arrest shall be considered only in proceedings under 8 CFR part 1240. In any other case, an alien who believes he or...
Section 1249.3 Reopening and reconsideration.
1, 1924, but in whose case a record was created as of the date of approval of the application because evidence of continuous residence prior to July 1, 1924, was not...
Part 1270_PENALTIES FOR DOCUMENT FRAUD--Table of Contents
Section 1270.1 Definitions.
marks, matters which may be used to fulfill any requirement of the Act. The term ``document'' includes, but is not limited to, an application required to be filed under the...
Section 1270.2 Enforcement procedures.
potential violation of section 274C of the Act may submit a signed, written complaint to the Service office having jurisdiction over the business or residence of the...
Section 1270.3 Penalties.
for activities prohibited by this section but proscribed as well in title 18, United States Code. (b) Civil penalties. A person or entity may face civil...
Part 1274a_CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS--Table of Contents
Section 1274a.1 Definitions.
(a) The term unauthorized alien means, with respect to employment of an alien at a particular time, that the alien is not at that time either: (1) Lawfully admitted for...
Section 1274a.2 Verification of employment eligibility.
states the requirements and procedures persons or entities must comply with when hiring, or when recruiting or referring for a fee, or when continuing to employ individuals in...
Section 1274a.3 Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens.
continues the employment of an employee hired after [[Page 1084]] November 6, 1986, knowing that the employee is or has become an unauthorized alien with respect to...
Section 1274a.4 Good faith defense.
fee for employment who shows good faith compliance with the employment verification requirements of Sec. 1274a.2(b) of this part shall have established a rebuttable...
Section 1274a.5 Use of labor through contract.
contract, subcontract, or exchange entered into, renegotiated, or extended after November 6, 1986, to obtain the labor or services of an alien in the United States knowing that...
Section 1274a.6 State employment agencies.
and 274A(b) of the Act, a state employment agency as defined in Sec. 1274a.1 of this part may, but is not required to, verify identity and employment eligibility...
Section 1274a.7 Pre-enactment provisions for employees hired prior to
(a) The penalty provisions set forth in section 274A (e) and (f) of the Act for violations of sections 274A(a)(1)(B) and 274A(a)(2) of the Act shall not apply to...
Section 1274a.8 Prohibition of indemnity bonds.
person or other entity, in hiring or recruiting or referring for a fee for employment of an individual, to require the individual to post a bond or security, to pay or agree...
Section 1274a.9 Enforcement procedures.
Any person or entity having knowledge of a violation or potential violation of section 274A of the Act may submit a signed, written complaint in person or by mail to...
Section 1274a.10 Penalties.
engages in a pattern or practice of violations of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) of the Act shall be fined not more than $3,000 for each unauthorized alien, imprisoned for...
Section 1274a.12 Classes of aliens authorized to accept employment.
(a) Aliens authorized incident to status. Pursuant to the statutory or regulatory reference cited, the following classes of aliens are authorized to be employed in the United...
Section 1274a.13 Application for employment authorization.
authorized to be employed under Sec. 1274a.12(a) (3)-(8) and (10)-(13) must file an Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765) in order to obtain...
Section 1274a.14 Termination of employment authorization.
of employment authorization. (1) Employment authorization granted under Sec. 1274a.12(c) of this chapter shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of one of...
Part 1280_IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF FINES--Table of Contents
Section 1280.1 Notice of intention to fine; administrative proceedings
Examinations, or the Director for the National Fines Office has reason to believe that any person has violated any of the provisions of the Immigration and...
Section 1280.2 Special provisions relating to aircraft.
of a regulation promulgated under authority of section 239 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the procedure prescribed in this part shall be followed and the...
Section 1280.3 Departure of vessel or aircraft prior to denial of clearance.
fine shall have departed from the United States prior to the denial of clearance by the district director of customs and such vessel or aircraft is subsequently found in the...
Section 1280.4 Data concerning cost of transportation.
the district director or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director for the National Fines Office pertinent information contained in the original...
Section 1280.5 Mitigation or remission of fines.
Nationality Act, the party served with Notice of Intention to Fine may apply in writing to the district director or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director...
Section 1280.6 Bond to obtain clearance; form.
254, 255, 256, 272, or 273 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be filed on Form I-310. [22 FR 9807, Dec. 6, 1957, as amended at 54 FR 102, Jan....
Section 1280.7 Approval of bonds or acceptance of cash deposit to obtain
the bond, or accept the sum of money which is being offered for deposit under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act or by this chapter for the purpose...
Section 1280.11 Notice of intention to fine; procedure.
one additional copy for each additional [[Page 1100]] person on whom the service of such notice is contemplated. The notice shall be addressed to any or all of...
Section 1280.12 Answer and request or order for interview.
the district director or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director for the National Fines Office may extend for an additional period of 30 days upon...
Section 1280.13 Disposition of case.
(1) the answer admits the allegations in the notice, or (2) no answer is filed, the district director or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director for...
Section 1280.14 Record.
interview; the medical certificate, if any; a copy of any record of hearing before a Board of Special Inquiry, Hearing Examiner, Hearing Officer, or Special...
Section 1280.15 Notice of final decision to district director of customs.
officer shall be furnished a copy of the decision by the district director of immigration and naturalization or the Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or...
Section 1280.21 Seizure of aircraft.
if such aircraft is damaged to an extent that its value is less than the amount of the fine which may be imposed. If seizure of an aircraft for violation of section 239 of...
Section 1280.51 Application for mitigation or remission.
a fine may be filed as provided under Sec. 1280.12 of this part; or, within 30 days after the date of receipt of the district director's or the Associate Commissioner...
Section 1280.52 Payment of fines.
273 and 274(c) of the Act shall be made payable to and collected by the Service. (b) All fines collected pursuant to sections 271(a) and 273 of the Act shall be deposited...
Section 1280.53 Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustment.
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-34, 110 Stat. 1321, the...
Part 1287_FIELD OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
Section 1287.4 Subpoena.
Patrol Agents, Deputy Chief Patrol Agents, Assistant Chief Patrol Agents, Officers in Charge, Patrol Agents in Charge, Assistant District Directors,...
Section 1287.6 Proof of official records.
for any purpose, shall be evidenced by an official publication thereof, or by a copy attested by the official having legal custody of the record or by an...
Part 1292_REPRESENTATION AND APPEARANCES--Table of Contents
Section 1292.1 Representation of others.
Attorneys in the United States. Any attorney as defined in Sec. 1001.1(f) of this chapter. (2) Law students and law graduates not yet admitted to the bar. A law student who...
Section 1292.2 Organizations qualified for recognition; requests for
(a) Qualifications of organizations. A non-profit religious, charitable, social service, or similar organization established in the United States and...
Section 1292.3 Professional conduct for practitioners--Rules and procedures.
or the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) may impose disciplinary sanctions against any practitioner if it finds it to be in the public interest to do so. It...
Section 1292.4 Appearances.
During Immigration Judge or Board proceedings, withdrawal and/or substitution of counsel is permitted only in accordance with Sec. Sec. 1003.16 and 1003.36...
Section 1292.5 Service upon and action by attorney or representative of
any of the provisions of this chapter to give or be given notice; to serve or be served with any paper other than a warrant of arrest or a subpoena; to make a motion; to file...
Section 1292.6 Interpretation.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1292.6] [Page 1114] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1292_REPRESENTATION AND APPEARANCES--Table of Contents Sec. 1292.6 Interpretation. Interpretations of this part will be made by the Board of Immigration Appeals, subject to the provisions of part 1003 of this chapter. [32 FR 9633, July 4, 1967] [[Page 1115]]
Part 1299_IMMIGRATION REVIEW FORMS--Table of Contents
Section 1299.1 Use of immigration forms.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1299.1] [Page 1115] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1299_IMMIGRATION REVIEW FORMS--Table of Contents Sec. 1299.1 Use of immigration forms. In addition to forms prepared by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, immigration judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and administrative law judges use forms listed under 8 CFR chapter I, part 299.
Section 1299.2 Specific immigration review forms.
a form listed in 8 CFR chapter I, part 299, which shall be utilized in filings before the immigration judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and administrative...
Section 1337.1 Oath of allegiance.
such applicant is eligible for naturalization pursuant to Sec. 335.3 of 8 CFR chapter I, an applicant for naturalization shall, before being admitted to citizenship, take in...
Section 1337.2 Oath administered by the Immigration and Naturalization
has elected to have his or her oath of allegiance administered by the Service or an Immigration Judge and is not subject to the exclusive oath administration...
Section 1337.3 Expedited administration of oath of allegiance.
or the Service upon demonstrating sufficient cause. In determining whether to grant an expedited oath administration ceremony, the court or the district director shall...
Section 1337.4 When requests for change of name granted.
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR1337.4] [Page 1117] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 1337_OATH OF ALLEGIANCE--Table of Contents Sec. 1337.4 When requests for change of name granted. When the court has granted the petitioner's change of name request, the petitioner shall subscribe his or her new name to the written oath of allegiance. [56 FR 50500, Oct. 7, 1991]
Section 1337.7 Information and assignment of individuals under exclusive
to Sec. 335.2 of 8 CFR chapter I, an employee of the Service shall advise the applicant of his or her right to elect the site for the administration of the oath...
Section 1337.8 Oath administered by the courts.
Sec. 310.2(d) of 8 CFR chapter I shall notify the Service at the time of the filing of, or no later than at the examination on, the application of his or her election...
Section 1337.9 Effective date of naturalization.
the applicant takes the prescribed oath of allegiance, administered either by the Service or an Immigration Judge in an administrative ceremony or in a ceremony conducted by...
Section 1337.10 Failure to appear for oath administration ceremony.
for which he or she was duly notified shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her intent to be naturalized. Such presumption shall be regarded as the receipt...