[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR215.2]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 215--CONTROLS OF ALIENS DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 215.2  Authority of departure-control officer to prevent alien's departure from the United States.

    (a) No alien shall depart, or attempt to depart, from the United 
States if his departure would be prejudicial to the interests of the 
United States under the provisions of Sec. 215.3. Any departure-control 
officer who knows or has reason to believe that the case of an alien in 
the United States comes within the provisions of Sec. 215.3 shall 
temporarily prevent the departure of such alien from the United States 
and shall serve him with a written temporary order directing him not to 
depart, or attempt to depart, from the United States until notified of 
the revocation of the order.
    (b) The written order temporarily preventing an alien, other than an 
enemy alien, from departing from the

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United States shall become final 15 days after the date of service 
thereof upon the alien, unless prior thereto the alien requests a 
hearing as hereinafter provided. At such time as the alien is served 
with an order temporarily preventing his departure from the United 
States, he shall be notified in writing concerning the provisions of 
this paragraph, and shall be advised of his right to request a hearing 
if entitled thereto under Sec. 215.4. In the case of an enemy alien, the 
written order preventing departure shall become final on the date of its 
service upon the alien.
    (c) Any alien who seeks to depart from the United States may be 
required, in the discretion of the departure-control officer, to be 
examined under oath and to submit for official inspection all documents, 
articles, and other property in his possession which are being removed 
from the United States upon, or in connection with, the alien's 
departure. The departure-control officer may permit certain other 
persons, including officials of the Department of State and 
interpreters, to participate in such examination or inspection and may 
exclude from presence at such examination or inspection any person whose 
presence would not further the objectives of such examination or 
inspection. The departure-control officer shall temporarily prevent the 
departure of any alien who refuses to submit to such examination or 
inspection, and may, if necessary to the enforcement of this 
requirement, take possession of the alien's passport or other travel 
document.