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8 CFR 208.8: Limitations on travel outside the United States.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 8—Aliens and Nationality
- CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER B—IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS
- PART 208—PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL
- Subpart A—Asylum and Withholding of Removal
(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 § 212.5(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.
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