[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: 8CFR221.1]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 221_ADMISSION OF VISITORS OR STUDENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 221.1  Admission under bond.









    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1201; 8 CFR part 2.





    The district director having jurisdiction over the intended place of 

residence of an alien may accept a bond on behalf of an alien defined in 

section 101(a)(15)(B) or (F) of the Act prior to the issuance of a visa 

to the alien or upon receipt of a request directly from a U.S. consular 

officer or upon presentation by an interested person of a notification 

from the consular officer requiring such a bond; such a bond also may be 

accepted by the district director with jurisdiction over the port of 

entry or preinspection station where inspection of the alien takes 

place. Upon acceptance of such a bond, the district director shall 

notify the United States consular officer who requested the bond, giving 

the date and place of acceptance and amount of the bond. All bonds given 

as a condition of admission of an alien under section 221(g) of the Act 

shall be executed on Form I-352. For procedures relating to bond riders, 

acceptable sureties, cancellation, or



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breaching of bonds, see Sec. 103.6 of this chapter.



[32 FR 9626, July 4, 1967, as amended at 34 FR 1008, Jan. 23, 1969; 62 

FR 10352, Mar. 6, 1997]