Subchapter B – Immigration Regulations
Part 100 - Statement of Organization
- §100.1 Introduction
- §100.3 Places where, and methods whereby, information may be secured or submittals or requests made
- §100.4 Field offices
- §100.5 Regulations
Part 101 - Presumption of Lawful Admission
- §101.1 Presumption of lawful admission
- §101.2 Presumption of lawful admission; entry under erroneous name or other errors
- §101.3 Creation of record of lawful permanent resident status for person born under diplomatic status in the United States
- §101.4 Registration procedure
- §101.5 Special immigrant status for certain G-4 nonimmigrants
Part 103 - Immigration Benefit Requests; USCIS Filing Requirements; Biometric Requirements; Availability of Records
Subpart A - Applying for Benefits, Surety Bonds, Fees
Subpart B - Biometric Requirements
Subpart D - Availability of Records
Part 106 - USCIS Fee Schedule
- §106.1 Fee requirements
- §106.2 Fees
- §106.3 Fee waivers and exemptions
- §106.4 Premium processing service
- §106.5 Authority to certify records
- §106.6 DHS severability
Part 204 - Immigrant Petitions
Subpart A - Immigrant Visa Petitions
Subpart C - Intercountry Adoption of a Convention Adoptee
Part 205 - Revocation of Approval of Petitions
Part 207 - Admission of Refugees
- §207.1 Eligibility
- §207.2 Applicant processing
- §207.3 Waivers of inadmissibility
- §207.4 Approved application
- §207.5 Waiting lists and priority handling
- §207.6 Control over approved refugee numbers
- §207.7 Derivatives of refugees
- §207.8 Physical presence in the United States
- §207.9 Termination of refugee status
Part 208 - Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Subpart A - Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Subpart B - Credible Fear of Persecution
Part 209 - Adjustment of Status of Refugees and Aliens Granted Asylum
Part 210 - Special Agricultural Workers
- §210.1 Definition of terms used in this part
- §210.2 Application for temporary resident status
- §210.3 Eligibility
- §210.4 Status and benefits
- §210.5 Adjustment to permanent resident status
Part 211 - Documentary Requirements: Immigrants; Waivers
- §211.1 Visas
- §211.2 Passports
- §211.3 Expiration of immigrant visa or other travel document
- §211.4 Waiver of documents for returning residents
- §211.5 Alien commuters
Part 212 - Documentary Requirements: Nonimmigrants; Waivers; Admission of Certain Inadmissible Aliens; Parole
- §212.0 Definitions
- §212.1 Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
- §212.2 Consent to reapply for admission after deportation, removal or departure at Government expense
- §212.3 Application for the exercise of discretion under section 212(c)
- §212.4 Applications for the exercise of discretion under section 212(d)(1) and 212(d)(3)
- §212.5 Parole of aliens into the United States
- §212.6 Border crossing identification cards
- §212.7 Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility
- §212.10 Section 212(k) waiver
- §212.12 Parole determinations and revocations respecting Mariel Cubans
- §212.14 Parole determinations for alien witnesses and informants for whom a law enforcement authority (“LEA”) will request S classification
- §212.15 Certificates for foreign health care workers
- §212.16 Applications for exercise of discretion relating to T nonimmigrant status
- §212.17 Applications for the exercise of discretion relating to U nonimmigrant status
- §212.18 Applications for waivers of inadmissibility in connection with an application for adjustment of status by T nonimmigrant status holders
- §212.19 Parole for entrepreneurs
Part 213 - Admission of Aliens on Giving Bond or Cash Deposit
Part 213a - Affidavits of Support on Behalf of Immigrants
- §213a.1 Definitions
- §213a.2 Use of affidavit of support
- §213a.3 Change of address
- §213a.4 Actions for reimbursement, public notice, and congressional reports
- §213a.5 Relationship of this part to other affidavits of support
Part 214 - Nonimmigrant Classes
- §214.1 Requirements for admission, extension, and maintenance of status
- §214.2 Special requirements for admission, extension, and maintenance of status
- §214.3 Approval of schools for enrollment of F and M nonimmigrants
- §214.4 Denial of certification, denial of recertification, or withdrawal of SEVP certification
- §214.5 Libyan and third country nationals acting on behalf of Libyan entities
- §214.6 Citizens of Canada or Mexico seeking temporary entry under NAFTA to engage in business activities at a professional level
- §214.7 Habitual residence in the territories and possessions of the United States and consequences thereof
- §214.11 Alien victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons
- §214.12 Preliminary enrollment of schools in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
- §214.13 SEVIS fee for certain F, J, and M nonimmigrants
- §214.14 Alien victims of certain qualifying criminal activity
- §214.15 Certain spouses and children of lawful permanent residents
Part 215 - Controls of Aliens Departing from the United States; Electronic Visa Update System
Subpart A - Controls of Aliens Departing from the United States
Subpart B - Electronic Visa Update System
Part 216 - Conditional Basis of Lawful Permanent Residence Status
- §216.1 Definition of conditional permanent resident
- §216.2 Notification requirements
- §216.3 Termination of conditional resident status
- §216.4 Joint petition to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status for alien spouse
- §216.5 Waiver of requirement to file joint petition to remove conditions by alien spouse
- §216.6 Petition by investor to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status
Part 217 - Visa Waiver Program
- §217.1 Scope
- §217.2 Eligibility
- §217.3 Maintenance of status
- §217.4 Inadmissibility and deportability
- §217.5 Electronic System for Travel Authorization
- §217.6 Carrier agreements
- §217.7 Electronic data transmission requirement
Part 221 - Admission of Visitors or Students
Part 223 - Reentry Permits, Refugee Travel Documents, and Advance Parole Documents
- §223.1 Purpose of documents
- §223.2 Application and processing
- §223.3 Validity and effect on admissibility
Part 231 - Arrival and Departure Manifests
- §231.1 Electronic manifest and I-94 requirement for passengers and crew onboard arriving vessels and aircraft
- §231.2 Electronic manifest and I-94 requirement for passengers and crew onboard departing vessels and aircraft
- §231.3 Exemptions for private vessels and aircraft
Part 232 - Detention of Aliens for Physical and Mental Examination
- §232.1 General
- §232.2 Examination in the United States of alien applicants for benefits under the immigration laws and other aliens
- §232.3 Arriving aliens
Part 233 - Contracts With Transportation Lines
- §233.1 Contracts
- §233.2 Transportation lines bringing aliens to the United States from or through foreign contiguous territory or adjacent islands
- §233.4 Preinspection outside the United States
- §233.5 Aliens entering Guam pursuant to section 14 of Public Law 99-396, “Omnibus Territories Act.”
- §233.6 Aliens entering Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to Title VII of Public Law 110-229, “Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008.”
Part 234 - Designation of Ports of Entry for Aliens Arriving by Civil Aircraft
- §234.1 Definitions
- §234.2 Landing requirements
- §234.3 Aircraft; how considered
- §234.4 International airports for entry of aliens
Part 235 - Inspection of Persons Applying for Admission
- §235.1 Scope of examination
- §235.2 Parole for deferred inspection
- §235.3 Inadmissible aliens and expedited removal
- §235.4 Withdrawal of application for admission
- §235.5 Preinspection
- §235.6 Referral to immigration judge
- §235.7 Automated inspection services
- §235.8 Inadmissibility on security and related grounds
- §235.9 Northern Marianas identification card
- §235.10 U.S. Citizen Identification Card
- §235.11 Admission of conditional permanent residents
- §235.12 Global Entry program
- §235.13 U.S. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program
Part 236 - Apprehension and Detention of Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens; Removal of Aliens Ordered Removed
Subpart A - Detention of Aliens Prior to Order of Removal
Subpart B - Family Unity Program
Part 238 - Expedited Removal of Aggravated Felons
Part 239 - Initiation of Removal Proceedings
- §239.1 Notice to appear
- §239.2 Cancellation of notice to appear
- §239.3 Effect of filing notice to appear
Part 240 - Voluntary Departure, Suspension of Deportation and Special Rule Cancellation of Removal
Subpart B - Cancellation of Removal
Subpart C - Voluntary Departure
Subpart H - Applications for Suspension of Deportation or Special Rule Cancellation of Removal Under Section 203 of Pub. L. 105-100
Part 241 - Apprehension and Detention of Aliens Ordered Removed
Subpart A - Post-hearing Detention and Removal
Subpart B - Deportation of Excluded Aliens (for Hearings Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997)
Subpart C - Deportation of Aliens in the United States (for Hearings Commenced Prior to April 1, 1997)
Part 244 - Temporary Protected Status for Nationals of Designated States
- §244.1 Definitions
- §244.2 Eligibility
- §244.3 Applicability of grounds of inadmissibility
- §244.4 Ineligible aliens
- §244.5 Temporary treatment benefits for eligible aliens
- §244.6 Application
- §244.7 Filing the application
- §244.8 Appearance
- §244.9 Evidence
- §244.10 Decision and appeal
- §244.11 Renewal of application; appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals
- §244.12 Employment authorization
- §244.13 Termination of temporary treatment benefits
- §244.14 Withdrawal of Temporary Protected Status
- §244.15 Travel abroad
- §244.16 Confidentiality
- §244.17 Periodic registration
- §244.18 Issuance of charging documents; detention
- §244.19 Termination of designation
Part 245 - Adjustment of Status to That of Person Admitted for Permanent Residence
- §245.1 Eligibility
- §245.2 Application
- §245.3 Adjustment of status under section 13 of the Act of September 11, 1957, as amended
- §245.4 Documentary requirements
- §245.5 Medical examination
- §245.6 Interview
- §245.7 Adjustment of status of certain Soviet and Indochinese parolees under the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (Pub. L. 101-167)
- §245.8 Adjustment of status as a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27)(K) of the Act
- §245.10 Adjustment of status upon payment of additional sum under section 245(i)
- §245.11 Adjustment of aliens in S nonimmigrant classification
- §245.15 Adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals under the Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA)
- §245.18 Physicians with approved employment-based petitions serving in a medically underserved area or a Veterans Affairs facility
- §245.21 Adjustment of status of certain nationals of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos (section 586 of Public Law 106-429)
- §245.22 Evidence to demonstrate an alien’s physical presence in the United States on a specific date
- §245.23 Adjustment of aliens in T nonimmigrant classification
- §245.24 Adjustment of aliens in U nonimmigrant status
- §245.25 Adjustment of status of aliens with approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions; validity of petition and offer of employment
Part 245a - Adjustment of Status to That of Persons Admitted for Temporary or Permanent Resident Status Under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act
Subpart A - Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) Legalization Provisions
Subpart B - Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization Provisions
Subpart C - LIFE Act Amendments Family Unity Provisions
Part 246 - Rescission of Adjustment of Status
- §246.1 Notice
- §246.2 Allegations admitted; no answer filed; no hearing requested
- §246.3 Allegations contested or denied; hearing requested
- §246.4 Immigration judge’s authority; withdrawal and substitution
- §246.5 Hearing
- §246.6 Decision and order
- §246.7 Appeals
- §246.9 Surrender of Form I-551
Part 247 - Adjustment of Status of Certain Resident Aliens
- §247.1 Scope of part
- §247.11 Notice
- §247.12 Disposition of case
- §247.13 Disposition of Form I-508
- §247.14 Surrender of documents
Part 248 - Change of Nonimmigrant Classification
Part 249 - Creation of Records of Lawful Admission for Permanent Residence
Part 250 - Removal of Aliens Who Have Fallen Into Distress
Part 251 - Arrival and Departure Manifests and Lists: Supporting Documents
- §251.1 Arrival manifests and lists
- §251.2 Notification of illegal landings
- §251.3 Departure manifests and lists for vessels
- §251.4 Departure manifests and lists for aircraft
- §251.5 Paper arrival and departure manifests for crew
- §251.6 Exemptions for private vessels and aircraft
Part 252 - Landing of Alien Crewmen
- §252.1 Examination of crewmen
- §252.2 Revocation of conditional landing permits; removal
- §252.3 Great Lakes vessels and tugboats arriving in the United States from Canada; special procedures
- §252.4 Permanent landing permit and identification card
- §252.5 Special procedures for deserters from Spanish or Greek ships of war
Part 253 - Parole of Alien Crewmen
Part 258 - Limitations on Performance of Longshore Work by Alien Crewmen
Part 264 - Registration and Fingerprinting of Aliens in the United States
- §264.1 Registration and fingerprinting
- §264.2 Application for creation of record of permanent residence
- §264.5 Application for a replacement Permanent Resident Card
- §264.6 Application for a nonimmigrant arrival-departure record
Part 265 - Notices of Address
Part 270 - Penalties for Document Fraud
Part 271 - Diligent and Reasonable Efforts to Prevent the Unauthorized Entry of Aliens by the Owners of Railroad Lines, International Bridges or Toll Roads
Part 273 - Carrier Responsibilities at Foreign Ports of Embarkation; Reducing, Refunding, or Waiving Fines Under Section 273 of the Act
- §273.1 General
- §273.2 Definition
- §273.3 Screening procedures
- §273.4 Demonstration by carrier that screening requirements were met
- §273.5 General criteria used for reduction, refund, or waiver of fines
- §273.6 Memorandum of Understanding
Part 274 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Conveyances
Part 274a - Control of Employment of Aliens
Subpart A - Employer Requirements
Subpart B - Employment Authorization
Part 280 - Imposition and Collection of Fines
- §280.1 Notice of intention to fine; administrative proceedings not exclusive
- §280.2 Special provisions relating to aircraft
- §280.3 Departure of vessel or aircraft prior to denial of clearance
- §280.4 Data concerning cost of transportation
- §280.5 Mitigation or remission of fines
- §280.6 Bond to obtain clearance; form
- §280.7 Approval of bonds or acceptance of cash deposit to obtain clearance
- §280.11 Notice of intention to fine; procedure
- §280.12 Answer and request or order for interview
- §280.13 Disposition of case
- §280.14 Record
- §280.15 Notice of final decision to district director of customs
- §280.21 Seizure of aircraft
- §280.51 Application for mitigation or remission
- §280.52 Payment of fines
- §280.53 Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustment
Part 286 - Immigration User Fee
- §286.1 Definitions
- §286.2 Fee for arrival of passengers aboard commercial aircraft or commercial vessels
- §286.3 Exceptions
- §286.4 Fee collection responsibility
- §286.5 Remittance and statement procedures
- §286.6 Maintenance of records
- §286.7 Penalties
- §286.8 Establishment of pilot programs for the charging of a land border fee for inspection services
- §286.9 Fee for processing applications and issuing documentation at land border Ports-of-Entry
Part 287 - Field Officers; Powers and Duties
- §287.1 Definitions
- §287.2 Disposition of criminal cases
- §287.3 Disposition of cases of aliens arrested without warrant
- §287.4 Subpoena
- §287.5 Exercise of power by immigration officers
- §287.6 Proof of official records
- §287.7 Detainer provisions under section 287(d)(3) of the Act
- §287.8 Standards for enforcement activities
- §287.9 Criminal search warrant and firearms policies
- §287.10 Expedited internal review process
- §287.11 Pre-enrolled Access Lane
- §287.12 Scope
Part 289 - American Indians Born in Canada
- §289.1 Definition
- §289.2 Lawful admission for permanent residence
- §289.3 Recording the entry of certain American Indians born in Canada
Part 292 - Representation and Appearances
- §292.1 Representation of others
- §292.2 Organizations qualified for recognition; requests for recognition; withdrawal of recognition; accreditation of representatives; roster
- §292.3 Professional conduct for practitioners – Rules and procedures
- §292.4 Appearances
- §292.5 Service upon and action by attorney or representative of record
- §292.6 Interpretation