Part 208 – Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Subpart A - Asylum and Withholding of Removal
- §208.1 General
- §208.2 Jurisdiction
- §208.3 Form of application
- §208.4 Filing the application
- §208.5 Special duties toward aliens in custody of DHS
- §208.6 Disclosure to third parties
- §208.7 Employment authorization
- §208.8 Limitations on travel outside the United States
- §208.9 Procedure for interview before an asylum officer
- §208.10 Failure to appear for an interview before an asylum officer or for a biometric services appointment for the asylum application
- §208.11 Comments from the Department of State
- §208.12 Reliance on information compiled by other sources
- §208.13 Establishing asylum eligibility
- §208.14 Approval, denial, referral, or dismissal of application
- §208.15 Definition of “firm resettlement.”
- §208.16 Withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture
- §208.17 Deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture
- §208.18 Implementation of the Convention Against Torture
- §208.19 Decisions
- §208.20 Determining if an asylum application is frivolous
- §208.21 Admission of the asylee’s spouse and children
- §208.22 Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings
- §208.23 Restoration of status
- §208.24 Termination of asylum or withholding of removal or deportation
- §208.25 Severability
Subpart B - Credible Fear of Persecution
- §208.30 Credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, and reasonable possibility of torture determinations involving stowaways and applicants for admission who are found inadmissible pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C) or 212(a)(7) of the Act, whose entry is limited or suspended under section 212(f) or 215(a)(1) of the Act, or who failed to apply for protection from persecution in a third country where potential relief is available while en route to the United States
- §208.31 Reasonable fear of persecution or torture determinations involving aliens ordered removed under section 238(b) of the Act and aliens whose removal is reinstated under section 241(a)(5) of the Act