[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: 8CFR286.1]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 286_IMMIGRATION USER FEE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 286.1  Definitions.









Sec.

286.1 Definitions.

286.2 Fee for arrival of passengers aboard commercial aircraft or 

          commercial vessels.

286.3 Exceptions.

286.4 Fee collection responsibility.

286.5 Remittance and statement procedures.

286.6 Maintenance of records.

286.7 Penalties.

286.8 Establishment of pilot programs for the charging of a land border 

          fee for inspection services.

286.9 Fee for processing applications and issuing documentation at land 

          border Ports-of-Entry.



    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1356; 8 CFR part 2.



    Source: 53 FR 5757, Feb. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.





    The following definitions apply to the following terms in this part:

    (a) The term adjacent islands means Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, 

Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, 

Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, 

Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, 

Miquelon, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barth[eacute]lemy, Saint Christopher, 

Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts-Nevis,



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Saint Lucia, Saint Maarten, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre, Saint Vincent 

and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and other 

British, French and Netherlands territory or possessions bordering on 

the Caribbean Sea.

    (b) The term collector means an air or sea carrier, travel agent, 

tour wholesaler, or other entity which collects, but may or may not be 

required to remit, fees pursuant to this part.

    (c) The term commercial aircraft means any civilian aircraft being 

used to transport persons or property for compensation or hire.

    (d) The term commercial vessel means any civilian vessel being used 

to transport persons or property for compensation or hire.

    (e) The term Assistant Commissioner, Office of Financial Management 

means the Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Financial Management, 

Immigration and Naturalization Service, Room 6307, 425 I Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20536.

    (f) The term fee means the immigration user fee.

    (g) The term port of entry means a port or place designated by the 

Commissioner at which a person may apply for admission into the United 

States.

    (h) The term remitter means an air or sea carrier, travel agent, 

tour wholesaler, or other entity which collects, including receipt of 

fees collected by collectors which are not required to remit fees, and 

remits fees pursuant to this part.

    (i) The term territories or possessions of the United States means 

American Samoa, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston 

Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway, the Northern Mariana Islands, Swains 

Island, Palmyra Island, and Wake Island.

    (j) The term document for transportation means any document accepted 

by a carrier in return for transportation.

    (k) The term United States, when used in a geographical sense, means 

the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 

the Virgin Islands of the United States.



[53 FR 5757, Feb. 26, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 49349, Sept. 28, 1994; 

63 FR 51272, Sept. 25, 1998]