TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

CHAPTER V - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SUBCHAPTER B - IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS

PART 1208 - PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL

subpart a - ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL

1208.8 - Limitations on travel outside the United States.

  (a) An applicant who leaves the United States without first obtaining advance parole under 212.5(f) of this chapter shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her application under this section.

  (b) An applicant who leaves the United States pursuant to advance parole under 1212.5(f) of this chapter and returns to the country of claimed persecution shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her application, unless the applicant is able to establish compelling reasons for such return.

[62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 82255, Dec. 28, 2000]