[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR213.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 213--ADMISSION OF ALIENS ON GIVING BOND OR CASH DEPOSIT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 213.1  Admission under bond or cash deposit.

    The district director having jurisdiction over the intended place of 
residence of an alien may accept a public charge bond prior to the 
issuance of an immigrant visa to the alien upon receipt of a request 
directly from a United States consular officer or upon presentation by 
an interested person of a notification from the consular officer 
requiring such a bond. Upon acceptance of such a bond, the district 
director shall notify the U.S. consular officer who requested the bond, 
giving the date and place of acceptance and the amount of the bond. The 
district director having jurisdiction over the place where the 
examination for admission is being conducted or the special inquiry 
officer to whom the case is referred may exercise the authority 
contained in section 213 of the Act. All bonds and agreements covering 
cash deposits given as a condition of admission of an alien under 
section 213 of the Act shall be executed on Form I-352 and shall be in 
the sum of not less than $1,000. The officer accepting such deposit 
shall give his receipt therefor on Form I-305. For procedures relating 
to bond riders, acceptable sureties, cancellation or breaching of bonds, 
see Sec. 103.6 of this chapter.

[29 FR 10579, July 30, 1964, as amended at 32 FR 9626, July 4, 1967; 62 
FR 10349, Mar. 6, 1997]