[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: 8CFR286.3]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 286_IMMIGRATION USER FEE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 286.3  Exceptions.



    The fees set forth in Sec. Sec. 286.2(a) and 286.2(b) shall not be 

charged or collected from passengers who fall within any one of the 

following categories:

    (a) Persons arriving at designated ports-of-entry by the following 

vessels, when operating on a regular schedule: Great Lakes international 

ferries or Great Lakes vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting 

waterways;

    (b) Persons directly connected with the operation, navigation, or 

business of the commercial aircraft or commercial vessel including 

working crew, deadheading crew, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 

inspectors, sky marshals, and commercial airline or commercial vessel 

employees on official business;

    (c) Persons who are listed as foreign diplomats on the accreditation 

list maintained by the U.S. Department of State or who are in possession 

of a diplomatic visa (A-1 and 2, G-1 thru 4) valid for entry into the 

United States;

    (d) Persons who are passengers on any commercial aircraft or 

commercial vessel owned or operated exclusively by the Government of the 

United States or a foreign government, including any agency or political 

subdivision thereof, so long as that aircraft or vessel is not 

transporting any persons or property for commercial purposes.

    (e) Persons who are passengers on commercial aircraft or commercial 

vessels under contract to the U.S. Department of Defense, if they have 

been preinspected outside of the United States under a joint Service and 

U.S. Department of Defense military inspection program;

    (f) Persons arriving on an aircraft or vessel due to an emergency or 

forced landing when the original destination of the aircraft or vessel 

was not the United States; and

    (g) Persons transiting the United States who are not inspected by 

the Service. Transit without visa passengers who are inspected by the 

Service are not excepted from payment of the fee under this section.



[53 FR 5757, Feb. 26, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 49348, Sept. 28, 1994; 

68 FR 4092, Jan. 28, 2003]