[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: 8CFR241.7]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 241_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table 

of Contents

 

              Subpart A_Post-hearing Detention and Removal

 

Sec. 241.7  Self-removal.



    A district director, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for 

Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs 

may permit an alien ordered removed (including an alien ordered excluded 

or deported in proceedings prior to April 1, 1997) to depart at his or 

her own expense to a destination of his or her own choice. Any alien who 

has departed from the United States while an order of deportation or 

removal is outstanding shall be considered to have been deported, 

excluded and deported, or removed, except that an alien who departed 

before the expiration of the voluntary departure period granted in 

connection with an alternate order of deportation or removal shall not 

be considered to be so deported or removed.



[67 FR 39260, June 7, 2002]