[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: 8CFR211.3]



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                     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.