[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: 8CFR245a.19]

[Page 655]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
    PART 245a--ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO THAT OF PERSONS ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS UNDER SECTION 245A OF THE IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization 
                               Provisions
 
Sec. 245a.19  Interviews.

    (a) All aliens filing applications for adjustment of status with the 
Service under this section must be personally interviewed, except that 
the adjudicative interview may be waived for a child under the age of 
14, or when it is impractical because of the health or advanced age of 
the applicant. Applicants will be interviewed by an immigration officer 
as determined by the Director of the Missouri Service Center. An 
applicant failing to appear for the scheduled interview may, for good 
cause, be afforded another interview. Where an applicant fails to appear 
for two scheduled interviews, his or her application shall be denied for 
lack of prosecution. Applications for LIFE Legalization adjustment may 
be denied without interview if the applicant is determined to be 
statutorily ineligible.
    (b) At the time of the interview, wherever possible, original 
documents must be submitted except the following: official government 
records; employment or employment-related records maintained by 
employers, unions, or collective bargaining organizations; medical 
records; school records maintained by a school or school board; or other 
records maintained by a party other than the applicant. Copies of 
records maintained by parties other than the applicant which are 
submitted in evidence must be certified as true and correct by such 
parties and must bear their seal or signature or the signature and title 
of persons authorized to act in their behalf.
    (c) If at the time of the interview the return of original documents 
is desired by the applicant, they must be accompanied by notarized 
copies or copies certified true and correct by the alien's 
representative. At the discretion of the district director, original 
documents, even if accompanied by certified copies, may be temporarily 
retained for forensic examination by the Service.