[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 8CFR208.8]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 208_PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL--Table of 

Contents

 

               Subpart A_Asylum and Withholding of Removal

 

Sec. 208.8  Limitations on travel outside the United States.



    (a) An applicant who leaves the United States without first 

obtaining advance parole under Sec. 212.5(f) of this chapter shall be 

presumed to have abandoned his or her application under this section.

    (b) An applicant who leaves the United States pursuant to advance 

parole under Sec. 212.5(f) of this chapter and returns to the country 

of claimed persecution shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her 

application, unless the applicant is able to establish compelling 

reasons for such return.



[62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 82255, Dec. 28, 2000]