SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CROSS REFERENCE: For State Department regulations pertaining to visas and Nationality NOTE: This table shows sections of Title 8 of the United States Code and corresponding 204 205 206 211 212 Petition for immigrant status as a highly skilled person or as a minister. Petition for immigrant status as relative of United States citizen, lawful resident alien, or eligible orphan. Revocation of approval of petitions. Documentary requirements: immigrants; waivers. Documentary requirements: nonimmigrants; waivers; admission of certain inadmissible aliens; parole. 212a Admission of certain aliens to perform skilled or unskilled labor. Admission of aliens on giving bond or cash deposit. Nonimmigrant classes. 213 214 223 231 232 233 235 Reentry permits. Arrival-departure manifests and lists; supporting documents. Detention for examination to determine mental or physical defects. Inspection of aliens applying for admission. 236 Exclusion of aliens. 237 238 239 241 242 Deportation of excluded aliens. Contracts with transportation lines. Special provisions relating to aircraft: designation of ports of entry for aliens arriving by civil aircraft. Judicial recommendations against deportation. Proceedings to determine deportability of aliens in the United States: apprehension, custody, hearing, and appeal. 243 Deportation of aliens in the United States. 244 Suspension of deportation and voluntary departure. 245 246 247 248 Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of a person admitted for permanent residence. Rescission of adjustment of status. Adjustment of status of certain resident aliens. Change of nonimmigrant classification. 249 Creation of records of lawful admission for permanent residence. 250 Removal of aliens who have fallen into distress. Arrival manifests and lists: supporting documents. Part 264 265 274 Registration and fingerprinting of aliens in the United States. Notices of address. Aliens; bringing in and harboring. 306 American Indians born in Canada. Representation and appearances. Immigration forms. SUBCHAPTER C- -NATIONALITY REGULATIONS Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: Virgin Islanders. 316a Residence, physical, presence and absence. 319 322 323 324 327 328 329 330 332 Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: spouses of United States Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: children of citizen parent. Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: women who have lost Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: persons who lost United Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: persons with three years service in Armed Forces of the United States. Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: veterans of the United States Armed Forces who served during World War I or World War II or enlisted under Act of June 30, 1950, as amended. Special classes of persons who may be naturalized: seamen. Preliminary investigation of applicants for naturalization and witnesses. 332a Official forms. 332b Instruction and training in citizenship responsibilities: textbooks, schools, organizations. 332c Photographic studios. 332d Designation of employees to administer oaths and take depositions. Preliminary examination on petitions for naturalization. 335a Transfer, withdrawal or failure to prosecute petition for naturalization. 335b Proof of qualifications for naturalization: witnesses; depositions. 335c Investigations of petitioners for naturalization. Part 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 Oath of allegiance. Certificate of naturalization. Functions and duties of clerks of naturalization courts. Revocation of naturalization. Certificates of citizenship. Administrative cancellation of certificates, documents, or records. Certificate of naturalization or repatriation; persons who resumed citizenship under section 323 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended, or section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906. 343a Naturalization and citizenship papers lost, mutilated, or destroyed; new certificate in changed name; certified copy of repatriation proceedings. 343b Special certificate of naturalization for recognition by a foreign state. Certifications from records. 343c § 1.1 SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL PROVISIONS PART 1-DEFINITIONS Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) The terms defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163) shall have the 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 Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163). (c) The term "Service" means the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (d) The term "Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. (e) The term "Board" means the Board of Immigration Appeals. (f) The term "attorney" means any person who is a member in good standing of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States or of the highest court of any State, territory, insular possession, or the District of Columbia, and is not under any order of any court suspending, enjoining, restraining, disbarring, or otherwise restricting him in the practice of law. (g) Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "case" means any proceeding arising under any immigration law, Executive order, or Presidential proclamation, except that for the purposes of Part 292 of this chapter, a proceeding under Part 332 of this chapter shall not be regarded as a case. (h) The term "day" when computing the period of time for taking any action provided in this chapter, including the taking of an appeal, shall include Sundays and legal holidays, except that when the last day of the period so computed falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, the period shall run until the end of the next day which is neither a Sunday nor a legal holiday. (i) The term "practice" means the act or acts of an attorney or representative in appearing in any case, either in person or through the filing of a brief or other document, paper, application, or petition on behalf of a client before an officer of the Service or the Board. (j) The term "representative" means a person representing a religious, charitable, social-service, or similar organization established in the United States and recognized as such by the Board, or a person described in § 292.1 (b), (d), or (h) of this chapter. (Sec. 103, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103) [23 F.R. 9115, Nov. 26, 1958] PART 2-AUTHORITY OF THE § 2.1 Authority of the Commissioner. Without divesting the Attorney General of any of his powers, privileges, or duties under the immigration and naturalization laws, and except as to the Board, there is delegated to the Commissioner the authority of the Attorney General to direct the administration of the Service and to enforce the act and all other laws relating to the immigration and naturalization of aliens. The Commissioner may issue regulations as deemed necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any authority delegated to him by the Attorney General, and may redelegate any such authority to any other officer or employee of the Service. (Sec. 201, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103, Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 3 CFR, 1950 Supp.) [23 F.R. 9117, Nov. 26, 1958] |