[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: 8CFR241.7]

[Page 498]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 241--APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Post-hearing Detention and Removal
 
Sec. 241.7  Self-removal.

    A district director may permit an alien ordered removed (including 
an alien ordered excluded or deported in proceedings prior to April 1, 
1997) to depart at his or her own expense to a destination of his or her 
own choice. Any alien who has departed from the United States while an 
order of deportation or removal is outstanding shall be considered to 
have been deported, excluded and deported, or removed, except that an 
alien who departed before the expiration of the voluntary departure 
period granted in connection with an alternate order of deportation or 
removal shall not be considered to have been so deported or removed.