[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: 8CFR3.31]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 3--EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Immigration Court--Rules of Procedure
 
Sec. 3.31  Filing documents and applications.

    (a) All documents and applications that are to be considered in a 
proceeding before an Immigration Judge must be filed with the 
Immigration Court having administrative control over the Record of 
Proceeding.
    (b) Except as provided in 8 CFR 240.11(f), all documents or 
applications requiring the payment of a fee must be accompanied by a fee 
receipt from the Service or by an application for a waiver of fees 
pursuant to 8 CFR 3.24. Except as provided in Sec. 3.8(a) and (c), any 
fee relating to Immigration Judge proceedings shall be paid to, and 
accepted by, any Service office authorized to accept fees for other 
purposes pursuant to Sec. 103.7(a) of this chapter.
    (c) The Immigration Judge may set and extend time limits for the 
filing of applications and related documents and responses thereto, if 
any. If an application or document is not filed within the time set by 
the Immigration Judge, the opportunity to file that application or 
document shall be deemed waived.
    (d) The Service may file documents under seal by including a cover 
sheet identifying the contents of the submission as containing 
information which is being filed under seal. Documents filed under seal 
shall not be examined by any person except pursuant to authorized access 
to the administrative record.

[57 FR 11572, Apr. 6, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 34089, June 30, 1995; 61 
FR 18908, Apr. 29, 1996; 61 FR 19976, May 3, 1996; 61 FR 21228, May 9, 
1996; 61 FR 46374, Sept. 3, 1996; 62 FR 45149, Aug. 26, 1997; 67 FR 
36802, May 28, 2002]