[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR208.19]

[Page 160]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 208_PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL--Table of
 
               Subpart A_Asylum and Withholding of Removal
 
Sec.  208.19  Decisions.

    The decision of an asylum officer to grant or to deny asylum or to 
refer an asylum application, in accordance with Sec.  208.14(b) or (c), 
shall be communicated in writing to the applicant. Pursuant to Sec.  
208.9(d), an applicant must appear in person to receive and to 
acknowledge receipt of the decision to grant or deny asylum, or to refer 
an asylum application unless, in the discretion of the asylum office 
director, service by mail is appropriate. A letter communicating denial 
of asylum or referral of the application shall state the basis for 
denial or referral and include an assessment of the applicant's 
credibility.

[65 FR 76136, Dec. 6, 2000]