[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: 8CFR236.16]



[Page 437]

 

                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 236_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE 

ALIENS; REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Family Unity Program

 

Sec. 236.16  Travel outside the United States.



    An alien granted Family Unity Program benefits who intends to travel 

outside the United States temporarily must apply for advance 

authorization using Form I-131, Application for Travel Document. The 

authority to grant an application for advance authorization for an alien 

granted Family Unity Program benefits rests solely with the district 

director. An alien who is granted advance authorization and returns to 

the United States in accordance with such authorization, and who is 

found not to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) or (3) of the Act, 

shall be inspected and admitted in the same immigration status as the 

alien had at the time of departure, and shall be provided the remainder 

of the voluntary departure period previously granted under the Family 

Unity Program.