poses of Part 292 of this chapter, a proceeding under Part 332 of this chapter shall not be regarded as a case.

(5) The term "Central Office" means the headquarters office of the Service at Washington, D. C.

(6) The term "day," when computing the period of time provided in this chapter for the taking of any action, means any day other than a Sunday or a legal holiday.

(7) The term "district" or "immigration district" when used in a geographical sense means that portion of the territory of the United States comprising each of the various major subdivisions of the Service defined and delineated in the organizational structure of the Service. (17 F. R. 11613, Dec. 19, 1952.)

(8) The term "district director" means the officer duly appointed to the titular position as the Service officer in charge of a district, whose appointment has not terminated, and includes the officer or employee of the Service who has been designated to act as district director in the absence of the district director.

(9) The term "immigration officer" means:

(i) Any officer or employee of the Service who, on December 24, 1952, was serving under appointment theretofore made to the position of immigrant inspector, patrol inspector, investigator, naturalization examiner, or any other officer of the Service of a higher grade, whose appointment has not terminated, or who hereafter is appointed to such position; and

(ii) Any person designated by the Commissioner to perform the duties and exercise the powers of an immigration officer as set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(10) The term "officer in charge" means the Service officer in charge of the Service office having administrative jurisdiction over a case. It does not include a district director.

(11) The term "practice" means the act 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.

(12) 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) (2) and (3) of this chapter.

(b) Terms used in Subchapter B of this chapter. (1) The terms"arriving at ports of the United States" as used in sections 232, 234, and 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"arrival at a port of the United States" as used in section 233 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"arrival in a port of the United States" as used in section 253 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

mean any coming to any port of the United States from a foreign port or place, from an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, except:

(i) That any person (including a crewman) coming to a port in the United States from a foreign port or place, from an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, by vessel or aircraft, whose examination under sections 234 and 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is not completed at the first port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft shall be considered as coming from a foreign port or place, an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States at each subsequent port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft until such examination is completed;

(ii) That any person (including a crewman) passing through the Canal Zone on board a vessel which does not enter and clear at any port in the Canal Zone for a purpose other than to transit the Zone, to refuel, or to land passengers for medical treatment, shall not be regarded as coming from a foreign port or place solely by reason of such passage through the Canal Zone.

(2) The terms

"arriving in the United States" as used in section 256 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"bringing an alien to, or providing a means for an alien to come to, the United States" as used in section 271 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"bring to the United States" as used in section 272 of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

mean any coming from a foreign port or place, from an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States to or into the United States or the territorial waters or overlying airspace thereof, except:

(i) That any person (including a crewman) coming to the United States from a foreign port or place, from an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, by vessel or aircraft, whose examination under sections 234 and 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is not completed at the first port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft shall be considered as coming from a foreign port or place, an outlying possession of the United States, or from Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States at each subsequent port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft until such examination is completed;

(ii) That any person (including a crewman) passing through the Canal Zone on board a vessel which does not enter and clear at any port in the Canal Zone for a purpose other than to transsit the Zone, to refuel, or to land passengers for medical treatment, shall not be regarded as coming from a foreign port or place solely by reason of such passage through the Canal Zone.

(3) The terms

"arrival of any person by water or by air at any port within the United States from any place outside the United States" as used in section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and "bring to the United States from any place outside thereof" as used in section 273 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

mean any coming from a foreign port or place or from an outlying possession of the United States to any port of the United States, except:

(1) That any person (including a crewman) coming from a foreign port or place or from an outlying possession of the United States to a port in the United States, by vessel or aircraft,

whose examination under sections 234 and 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is not completed at the first port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft shall be considered as coming from a foreign port or place or from an outlying possession of the United States at each subsequent port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft until such examination is completed;

(ii) That any person (including a crewman) passing through the Canal Zone on board a vessel which does not enter and clear at any port in the Canal Zone for a purpose other than to transit the Zone, to refuel, or to land passengers for medical treatment, shall not be regarded as coming from a foreign port or place solely by reason of such passage through the Canal Zone;

(iii) Solely for the purposes of section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, if it is established to the satisfaction of the district director or officer in charge having administrative jurisdiction over the place of arrival that the coming of any vessel or aircraft to a port of the United States was wholly involuntary, not intended, or not reasonably to be expected, no person on board such vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as arriving from any place outside the United States.

(4) The terms

"arrival of any vessel or aircraft in the United States from any place outside the United States" as used in section 251 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof" as used in section 254 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

"arriving at the United States from any place outside thereof" as used in section 273 (d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,

mean any coming from a foreign port or place or from an outlying possession of the United States to or into the United States or the territorial waters or overlying airspace thereof, except:

(i) That if the examination under sections 234 and 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of any person (including a crewman) on board such vessel or aircraft is not completed at the first port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft, the vessel or aircraft

shall be regarded as coming from a foreign port or place, or an outlying possession of the United States, at each subsequent port of call in the United States of such vessel or aircraft until such examination is completed;

(ii) That a vessel not otherwise within this definition shall not be regarded as falling within the terms thereof solely by reason of passage through the Canal Zone: Provided, That if in connection with such passage any vessel enters and clears at any port in the Zone for a purpose other than to transit the Zone, to refuel, or to land passengers for medical treatment, it shall be regarded as arriving in the United States from a place outside thereof;

(iii) Solely for the purposes of section 251 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to any coming which is established to the satisfaction of the district director or the officer in charge having administrative jurisdiction over the place of arrival to have been wholly involuntary, not reasonably to be expected, or not intended;

(iv) Solely for the purposes of section 251 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to aircraft coming directly to the continental United States or Alaska on a trip which originated in Canada or the French Islands of St. Pierre or Miquelon.

(5) The term "beneficiary" means an alien in whose behalf a petition is filed under section 204, 205 or 214 (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(6) The term "Board" means Board of Immigration Appeals.

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(7) The term "continental United States" means the 48 States and the District of Columbia.

(8) Except as otherwise provided in §§ 214a.1 and 214g.1 of this chapter, the term "immediate family" means a close alien relative by blood or by marriage who is regularly residing in the household of the person in whose family membership is alleged.

(9) The term "passport":

(i) When used with reference to the documentation of immigrant aliens, means a document defined in section 101 (a) (30) of the Immigration and Nationality Act which is unconditionally valid for the bearer's entry into a foreign country at least 60 days beyond the expiration date of his immigrant visa.

(ii) When used with reference to the documentation of a nonimmigrant alien, means a document defined in section 101 (a) (30. of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which document is valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of the expiration of the initial period of the bearer's admission or contemplated initial period of stay authorizing the bearer to return to the country from which he came or to proceed to and enter some other country during such period, except that in the case of a nonimmigrant who is applying for admission as a member of any of the classes described in section 102 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the period of such validity shall not be required to extend beyond the date of the application of such nonimmigrant for admission to the United States if he is admitted in that status.

(10) The term "permit to enter" includes an Immigrant Visa, Nonimmigrant Visa, Border Crossing Identification Card and a Reentry Permit, but does not include a Passport.

(11) The term "special inquiry officer" means any immigration officer who has been designated and appointed a special inquiry officer in accordance with the provisions of § 9.1 (b) of this chapter and who has a certificate of designation and appointment issued under that section.

(12) The term "western hemisphere" means North, Central, and South America and the islands immediately adjacent thereto including the places named in section 101 (b) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(c) Terms used in section 101 (a) (30) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (1) The term "competent authority" means an official duly authorized by the national governments of his own or some other country to issue passports or to authenticate other documents which are cognizable as passports.

(d) Terms used in Chapter 7 of Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Parts 262 to 266 inclusive of this chapter. (1) The term "alien" includes, but is not limited to, any person who, because of doubt as to the applicability of the registration requirement, applies for registration or is registered as a matter of precaution, and any person who is registered upon the application of another person acting in his behalf under