[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR223.3]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
PART 223_REENTRY PERMITS, REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, AND ADVANCE PAROLE 
DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  223.3  Validity and effect on admissibility.

    (a) Validity--(1) Reentry permit. Except as provided in Sec.  
223.2(c)(2), a reentry permit issued to a permanent resident shall be 
valid for 2 years from the date of issuance. A reentry permit issued to 
a conditional permanent resident shall be valid for 2 years from the 
date of issuance, or to the date the conditional permanent resident must 
apply for removal of the conditions on his or her status, whichever 
comes first.
    (2) Refugee travel document. A refugee travel document shall be 
valid for 1 year, or to the date the refugee or asylee status expires, 
whichever comes first.
    (b) Invalidation. A document issued under this part is invalid if 
obtained through material false representation or concealment, or if the 
person is ordered excluded or deported. A refugee travel document is 
also invalid if the United Nations Convention of July 28, 1951, ceases 
to apply or does not apply to the person as provided in Article 1C, D, 
E, or F of the convention.
    (c) Extension. A reentry permit or refugee travel document may not 
be extended.
    (d) Effect on admissibility--(1) Reentry permit. A permanent 
resident or conditional permanent resident in possession of a valid 
reentry permit who is otherwise admissible shall not be deemed to have 
abandoned status based solely on the duration of an absence or absences 
while the permit is valid.
    (2) Refugee travel document--(i) Inspection and immigration status. 
Upon arrival in the United States, an alien who presents a valid 
unexpired refugee travel document, or who has been allowed to file an 
application for a refugee travel document and this application has been 
approved under the procedure set forth in Sec.  223.2(b)(2)(ii), shall 
be examined as to his or her admissibility under the Act. An alien shall 
be accorded the immigration status endorsed in his or her refugee travel 
document, or (in the case of an alien discussed in Sec.  
223.2(b)(2)(ii)) which will be endorsed in such document, unless he or 
she is no longer eligible for that status, or he or she applies for and 
is found eligible for some other immigration status.
    (ii) Inadmissibility. If an alien who presents a valid unexpired 
refugee travel document appears to the examining immigration officer to 
be inadmissible, he or she shall be referred for proceedings under 
section 240 of the Act. Section 235(c) of the Act shall not be 
applicable.

[59 FR 1464, Jan. 11, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 10353, Mar. 6, 1997]

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