as otherwise specifically provided in Part 332 of this chapter, shall be permitted to examine or cross-examine such person and witnesses, to introduce evidence, to make objections which shall be stated succinctly and entered on the record, and to submit briefs. [23 F.R. 2673, Apr. 23, 1958, as amended at 34 F.R. 12213, July 24, 1969; 37 F.R. 11471, June 8, 1972] § 292.6 Interpretation. Interpretations of this part will be made by the Board of Immigration Appeals, subject to the provisions of Part 3 of this chapter. [32 F.R. 9633, July 4, 1967] PART 293-DEPOSIT OF AND INTEREST ON CASH RECEIVED TO SECURE IMMIGRATION BONDS Sec. 293.1 293.2 Computation of interest. 293.3 Simple interest table. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 293 issued under sec. 103, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103. Interprets and applies sec. 293, 84 Stat. 413. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 293 appear at 36 F.R. 13677, July 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted. § 293.1 Computation of interest. Interest shall be computed from the date of deposit occurring after April 27, 1966, or from the date cash deposited in the postal savings system ceased to accrue interest, to and including the date of withdrawal or date of breach of the immigration bond, whichever occurs first. For purposes of this section, the date of deposit shall be the date shown on the Receipt of Immigration Officer for the cash received as security on an immigration bond. The date of withdrawal shall be the date upon which the interest is certified to the Treasury Department for payment. The date of breach shall be the date as of which the immigration bond was concluded to have been breached as shown on Form I-323, Notice-Immigration Bond Breached. In counting the number of days for which interest shall be computed, the day on which the cash was deposited, or the day which cash deposited in the postal savings system ceased to accrue interest, shall not be counted; however, the day of withdrawal or the day of breach of the immigration bond shall be counted. Order to Seize Aircraft. G-28 (4-15-71) Notice of Entry of Appear- I-39 (7-2-72) Special Inquiry Officer's Decision (Voluntary Departure, Alternate Deportation). 1-58 (1-1-72) Alien Address Report. I-67 (9-18-58) Inspection Record (Hungarian Parolee). I-08 (2-10-70) Canadian Border Boat Landing Card. I-79 (5-15-70) Notice of Intention to Fine under Immigration and Nationality Act. I-90 (7-17-71) Application by Lawful Per manent Resident Alien for Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form I-151. I-92 (5-1-72) Aircraft/Vessel Report. I-94 (9-1-71) Arrival-Departure Record. I-95 (9-1-71) Crewman's Landing Permit. I-99 (8-28-58) Notice of Revocation and Penalty. I-102 (6-1-70) Application by Nonimmigrant Alien for Replacement of Arrival Document or for Alien Registration. I-122 (9-15-64) Notice to Applicant for Admission Detained for Hearing before Special Inquiry Officer. 1-126 (10-1-69) Annual Report of Status by Treaty Trader or Investor. I-129B (3-1-72) Petition to Classify Nonimmigrant as Temporary Worker Trainee. or I-129F (8-1-71) Petition to Classify Status of Alien Fiance or Fiancee for Issuance of Nonimmigrant Visa. I-130 (10-1-71) Petition to Classify Status of Alien Relative for Issuance of Immigrant Visa. I-140 (8-29-72) Petition to Classify Preference Status of Alien on Basis of Profession or Occupation. I-141 (4-21-69) Medical Certificate. I-143 (7-1-71) Application for Extension of Permit to Reenter the United States. I-147 (1-26-56) Notice of Temporary Exclusion from the United States. I-151 (5-1-69) Alien Registration Receipt Card. I-171C (6-1-72) Notice of approval of Nonimmigrant Visa Petition or of Extension of Stay of H or L Alien. I-174 (3-1-65) Application for Crewman's I-175 (7-1-67) Application for Nonresident I-186. I-181 (10-1-71) Memorandum of Creation of Record of Lawful Permanent Residence. I-184 (4-1-58) Alien Crewman Landing Permit and Identification Card. I-185 (7-1-57) Nonresident Allen Canadian Border Crossing Card. I-186 (3-1-69) Nonresident Alien Mexican I-190 (4-1-70) Application for Nonresident I-192 (2-10-72) Application for Advance I-196 (4-10-72) Application for U.S. Citi- Form No., Title, and Description I-260 (2-20-70) Notice to Take Testimony of Witness. I-284 (12-20-66) Notice to Transportation Line Regarding Deportation and Detention Expenses of Detained Alien. I-286 (8-1-70) Notification to Alien of Conditions of Release or Detention. T-287 (4-10-72) Special Care and Attention for Alien. I-288 (2-20-62) Notice to Transportation Line Regarding Deportation Expenses of I-290C (9-30-66) Notice of Certification. I-296 (2-1-72) Notice to Alien Ordered Ex- Officer-U.S. Bonds or Notes, or Cash, Accepted as Security on Immigration Bond. I-310 (4-16-62) Bond for Payment of Sums and Fines Imposed Under Immigration and Nationality Act (Term or Single Entry). I-312 (5-12-59) Designation of Attorney in I-408 (9-1-68) Application to Pay Off or I-410 (1-2-69) Receipt for Crew List. I-418 (6-1-71) Passenger List-Crew List. Between Transportation Line and United I-421 (6-29-58) Agreement (overseas) between Transportation Line and United States. I-425 (6-1-70) Agreement for Preinspection at Places Outside United States. I 426 (5-1-65) Immediate and Continuous Transit Agreement Between a Transportation Line and the United States of America (special direct transit procedure). I-485 (2-1-72) Application for Status as I-485A (7-27-72) Application by Cuban 1-506 (11-1-71) Application for Change of Nonimmigrant Status. I-508 (6-1-70) Waiver of Rights, Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities. Form No., Title, and Description 1-508F (6-1-70) Waiver of Rights, Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities (Under Sec. 247(b) of the Act and under the Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic with respect to Taxes on Income and Property). I-509 (8-1-70) Notice to Alien of Proposed Change from Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence to Nonimmigrant. I-510 (7-24-67) Guarantee of Payment. I-512 (12-15-65) Authorization for Parole or Conditional Entry of an Alien into the United States. 1-538 (4-1-71) Application by Nonimmigrant F-1 Student for Permission to Accept Employment. I-539 (11-1-70) Application to Extend Time of Temporary Stay. I-550 (5-1-72) Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien. I-590 (5-15-68) Registration for Classification as Conditional Entrant. I-590A (10-20-69) Application for Classification as a Refugee Under the Proviso to Section 203 (a) (7), Immigration and Nationality Act. I-591 (1-1-66) Assurance by a United States Sponsor in Behalf of an Applicant for Conditional Entry. 1-592 (12-1-65) Declaration of Conditional Entrant at Time of Arrival. I-600 (3-15-72) Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative. I-601 (9-1-71) Application for Waiver on Grounds of Excludability under section 212 (g), (h), or (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. I-612 (2-1-72) Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. I-171C (5-1-71) Notice of Approval of Nonimmigrant Visa Petition or of Extension of Stay of H or L Alien. ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization's General Declaration. MA 7-50 (4-70) Application for Alien Employment Certification. (Part I-Statement of Qualifications of Aliens (MA 7-50A)) (Part II-Job Offer for Alien Employment (MA 7-50B)) N-585 (9-1-71) Application for Information from or Copies of Immigration and Naturalization Records. SW-434 (7-1-71) Mexican Border Visitors Permit. 7507 (3-69) Bureau of Customs' General Declaration. NOTE: For changes to this section, see "List of Sections Affected." § 299.2 Forms available from the Superintendent of documents. The following forms required for compliance with the provisions of sub chapter B of this chapter may be obtained, upon prepayment, from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.: G-28, I-20, I-92, I-94, I-95, I-129B, I-130, I131, I-140, I-408, and I-418. A small supply of those forms shall be set aside by immigration officers for free distribution and official use. 127 F.R. 5653, June 14, 1962, as amended at; 34 F.R. 5630, Mar. 26, 1969] § 299.3 Reproduction of forms by private parties. The following forms required for compliance with the provisions of subchapter B of this chapter may be printed or otherwise reproduced by an appropriate duplicating process by private parties at their own expense: I-20, I-92, I-94, I-95, I-408, and I-418. Forms printed or reproduced by private parties shall conform to the officially printed forms currently in use with respect size, wording and language, arrangement, style and size of type, and paper specifications. Such forms shall be printed or otherwise duplicated in black ink or dye that will not fade or "feather" within 20 years. [27 F.R. 503, Jan. 18, 1962, as amended at 31 F.R. 15322, Dec. 7, 1966; 34 F.R. 5630, Mar. 26, 1969] SUBCHAPTER C-NATIONALITY REGULATIONS PART 306-SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: VIRGIN ISLANDERS Sec. 306.1 Persons eligible. 306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired. 306.11 Preliminary application form; filing; examination. 806.12 Renunciation forms; disposition. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 306 issued under secs. 103, 306, 332, 66 Stat. 173, 237, 252; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1406, 1443. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 306 appear at 22 F.R. 9812, Dec. 6, 1957. § 306.1 Persons eligible. Any Danish citizen who resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States on January 17, 1917, and in those Islands, Puerto Rico, or the United States on February 25, 1927, and who had preserved his Danish citizenship by making the declaration prescribed by Article VI of the treaty entered into between the United States and Denmark on August 4, 1916, and proclaimed January 25, 1917, may renounce his Danish citizenship before any court of record in the United States irrespective of his place of residence, in accordance with the provisions of this part. $306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired. Immediately upon making the declaration of renunciation as described in § 306.12 the declarant shall be deemed to be a citizen of the United States. No certificate of naturalization or of citizen ship shall be issued by the clerk of court to any person obtaining, or who has obtained citizenship solely under section 306(a) (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or under section 1 of the act of February 25, 1927. § 306.11 Preliminary application form; filing; examination. A person of the class described in § 306.1 shall submit to the Service on Form N-350 preliminary application to renounce Danish citizenship, in accordance with the instructions contained therein. The applicant shall be notified in writing when and where to appear before a representative of the Service for examination as to his eligibility to renounce Danish citizenship and for assistance in filing the renunciation. § 306.12 Renunciation forms; disposi tion. The renunciation shall be made and executed by the applicant under oath, in duplicate, on Form N-351 and filed in the office of the clerk of court. The usual procedural requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not apply to proceedings under this part. The fee shall be fixed by the court or the clerk thereof in accordance with the law and rules of the court, and no accounting therefor shall be required to be made to the Service. The clerk shall retain the original of Form N-351 as the court record and forward the duplicate to the district director exercising administrative naturalization jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located. PART 312-EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION Sec. 312.1 Literacy requirements. 312.2 Knowledge of history and Government of the United States. 812.3 Petitions pending for 1 year. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 312 issued under sec. 103, 66 Stat. 173; 8 U.S.C. 1103. Interpret or apply 312, 332, 66 Stat. 239, 252; 8 U.S.C. 1423, 1443. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 812 appear at 32 F.R. 9633, July 4, 1967, unless otherwise noted. § 312.1 Literacy requirements. The ability of a petitioner to speak English shall be determined from answers to questions normally asked in the course of the preliminary investigation and preliminary examination. A petitioner's ability to read and write English shall be tested by excerpts from one or more parts of the Federal Textbooks on Citizenship written at the elementary literacy level. These textbooks may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, and are available at certain public educational institutions. The matter written by a petitioner shall be retained in his file. § 312.2 Knowledge of history and Government of the United States. The test of a petitioner's knowledge of the history and form of government of the United States shall be given in the English language unless he is exempt from speaking English. The scope of the testing shall be limited primarily to subject matters covered in the Federal Textbooks on Citizenship. In choosing the subject matters and in phrasing questions, due consideration shall be given to the extent of the petitioner's education, background, age, length of residence in the United States, opportunities available and efforts made to acquire the requisite knowledge, and any other elements or factors relevant to an appraisal of the adequacy of his knowledge and understanding. § 312.3 Petitions pending for 1 year. A petitioner for naturalization shall be given three opportunities to meet the educational and literacy requirements: The first when the petition is filed; the second approximately 6 months later; and the third approximately 6 months thereafter, at or before the final hearing. However, a designated examiner may schedule a reexamination at an earlier time when he believes the intelligence and educational background of the petitioner so warrants; or, in anticipation of an imminent final hearing in a court having only one or two hearings a year, if he believes the petitioner may be able to qualify. In the discretion of a supervisory officer, opportunities beyond the period of 1 year may be afforded if the petitioner was unable to appear for reexamination because of illness or other sufficient cause or when continuing bona fide efforts indicate that the petitioner may qualify within a reasonable period of time. PART 316a-RESIDENCE, PHYSICAL, PRESENCE AND ABSENCE Sec. 316a.1 316a.2 316a.3 Absence for which benefits of section 307 (b) or 308 of the Nationality Act of 1940 have been granted; effect on continuous residence requirement. American institutions of research. Public international organizations of which the United States is a member by treaty or statute. 316a.4 International Organizations Immunities Act designations. 316a.21 Application for benefits with respect to absences; appeal. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 316a issued under secs. 103, 316, 317, 332, 405, 66 Stat. 173, 242, 243, 252, 280; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1427, 1428, 1443, 1101 note. § 316a.1 Absence for which benefits of section 307(b) or 308 of the Nationality Act of 1940 have been granted; effect on continuous residence requirement. No absence from the United States which commenced prior to the effective date of the Immigration and Nationality Act, whether or not it continued beyond that date, in connection with which an application for exemption from the usual residence requirements under the naturalization laws was made under section 307 (b) or 308 of the Nationality Act of 1940 and acted upon favorably by the Attorney General, shall be regarded as having broken the continuity of residence required by section 316 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, provided that satisfactory proof that the absence was for a purpose described in section 307 (b) or 308 of the Nationality Act of 1940, is presented to the court, and provided that the provisions of section |