[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2010] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR207.8] [Page 155] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 207_ADMISSION OF REFUGEES--Table of Contents Sec. 207.8 Physical presence in the United States. For the purpose of adjustment of status under section 209(a)(1) of the Act, the required one year physical presence of the applicant in the United States is computed from the date the applicant entered the United States as a refugee. [46 FR 45118, Sept. 10, 1981. Redesignated at 63 FR 3795, Jan. 27, 1998]