[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: 8CFR231.2]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
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

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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]