[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR208.19]

[Page 209]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 208--PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Asylum and Withholding of Removal
 
Sec. 208.19  Decisions.

    The decision of an asylum officer to grant or to deny asylum or to 
refer an asylum application, in accordance with Sec. 208.14(b) or (c), 
shall be communicated in writing to the applicant. Pursuant to 
Sec. 208.9(d), an applicant must appear in person to receive and to 
acknowledge receipt of the decision to grant or deny asylum, or to refer 
an asylum application unless, in the discretion of the asylum office 
director, service by mail is appropriate. A letter communicating denial 
of asylum or referral of the application shall state the basis for 
denial or referral and include an assessment of the applicant's 
credibility.

[65 FR 76136, Dec. 6, 2000]