[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR211.3]

[Page 183-184]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 211_DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: IMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 211.3  Expiration of immigrant visas, reentry permits, refugee 
travel documents, and Form I-551.

    An immigrant visa, reentry permit, refugee travel document, or Form 
I-551 shall be regarded as unexpired if the rightful holder embarked or 
enplaned

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before the expiration of his or her immigrant visa, reentry permit, or 
refugee travel document, or with respect to Form I-551, before the first 
anniversary of the date on which he or she departed from the United 
States, provided that the vessel or aircraft on which he or she so 
embarked or enplaned arrives in the United States or foreign contiguous 
territory on a continuous voyage. The continuity of the voyage shall not 
be deemed to have been interrupted by scheduled or emergency stops of 
the vessel or aircraft en route to the United States or foreign 
contiguous territory, or by a layover in foreign contiguous territory 
necessitated solely for the purpose of effecting a transportation 
connection to the United States.