[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: 8CFR231.2] [Page 447] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 231--ARRIVAL-DEPARTURE MANIFESTS AND LISTS; SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents Sec. 231.2 Departure manifest for passengers. The master, captain, or agent of every vessel or aircraft departing from the United States for a foreign place or outlying possession of the United States shall present a departure manifest to the immigration officer at the port of departure. The manifest must be in the form of a properly completed departure portion of Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, for each person on board except for United States citizens, and lawful permanent resident aliens of the United States. No manifest is required for a vessel or aircraft departing on a trip directly for and terminating in Canada, or departing from the United States Virgin Islands driectly to the British Virgin Islands on a trip terminating in the British Virgin Islands. Whenever possible, the departure Form I-94 used shall be the same form given the alien at the time of arrival in the United States. Carriers shall endorse the Form I-94 with the departure information on the reverse of the form. Additionally, a properly completed Aircraft/Vessel Report, Form I-92, must be completed for each departing aircraft and each departing vessel which is transporting passengers. Submission of Forms I-94 and I-92 to the immigration officer shall normally be accomplished within 48 hours of the departure, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Failure to submit departure manifests within this time period shall be regarded as failure to comply with section 231(d) of the Act, unless prior authorization for delayed delivery of the departure manifest is obtained from the district director. A nonimmigrant alien departing on an aircraft proceeding directly to Canada on a flight terminating in that country should surrender any Form I-94 in his/her possession to the airline agent at the port of departure. Aircraft manifests should not include I-94 forms for in-transit passengers referred to in paragraph (b) of Sec. 231.1. [48 FR 21548, May 13, 1983]