[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.35]

[Page 659]
 
                     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 C--LIFE Act Amendments Family Unity Provisions
 
Sec. 245a.35  Travel outside the United States.

    (a) An alien who departs the United States while his or her 
application for Family Unity benefits is pending will be deemed to have 
abandoned the application and the application will be denied.
    (b) An alien granted Family Unity benefits under the LIFE Act 
Amendments who intends to travel outside the United States temporarily 
must apply for advance authorization using Form I-131. The authority to 
grant an application for advance authorization for an alien granted 
Family Unity benefits under the LIFE Act Amendments rests solely with 
the Service. An alien who is granted advance authorization and returns 
to the United States in accordance with such authorization, and who is 
found not to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) or (3) of the Act, 
shall be paroled into the United States. He or she shall be provided the 
remainder of the protection from removal period previously granted under 
the Family Unity provisions of the LIFE Act Amendments.