[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: 8CFR223.3]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 223_REENTRY PERMITS, REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, AND ADVANCE PAROLE 

DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 223.3  Validity and effect on admissibility.



    (a) Validity--(1) Reentry permit. Except as provided in Sec. 

223.2(c)(2), a reentry permit issued to a permanent resident shall be 

valid for 2 years from the date of issuance. A reentry permit issued to 

a conditional permanent resident shall be valid for 2 years from the 

date of issuance, or to the date the conditional permanent resident must 

apply for removal of the conditions on his or her status, whichever 

comes first.

    (2) Refugee travel document. A refugee travel document shall be 

valid for 1 year, or to the date the refugee or asylee status expires, 

whichever comes first.

    (b) Invalidation. A document issued under this part is invalid if 

obtained through material false representation or concealment, or if the 

person is ordered excluded or deported. A refugee travel document is 

also invalid if the United Nations Convention of July 28, 1951, ceases 

to apply or does not apply to the person as provided in Article 1C, D, 

E, or F of the convention.

    (c) Extension. A reentry permit or refugee travel document may not 

be extended.

    (d) Effect on admissibility--(1) Reentry permit. A permanent 

resident or conditional permanent resident in possession of a valid 

reentry permit who is otherwise admissible shall not be deemed to have 

abandoned status based solely on the duration of an absence or absences 

while the permit is valid.

    (2) Refugee travel document--(i) Inspection and immigration status. 

Upon arrival in the United States, an alien who presents a valid 

unexpired refugee travel document, or who has been allowed to file an 

application for a refugee travel document and this application has been 

approved under the procedure set forth in Sec. 223.2(b)(2)(ii), shall 

be examined as to his or her admissibility



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under the Act. An alien shall be accorded the immigration status 

endorsed in his or her refugee travel document, or (in the case of an 

alien discussed in Sec. 223.2(b)(2)(ii)) which will be endorsed in such 

document, unless he or she is no longer eligible for that status, or he 

or she applies for and is found eligible for some other immigration 

status.

    (ii) Inadmissibility. If an alien who presents a valid unexpired 

refugee travel document appears to the examining immigration officer to 

be inadmissible, he or she shall be referred for proceedings under 

section 240 of the Act. Section 235(c) of the Act shall not be 

applicable.



[59 FR 1464, Jan. 11, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 10353, Mar. 6, 1997]