[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: 8CFR241.7]

[Page 473]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 241_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table
 
              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]