[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: 8CFR211.3]

[Page 201]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 211_DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: IMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 211.3  Expiration of immigrant visas, reentry permits, refugee travel documents, and Form I-551.

    An immigrant visa, reentry permit, refugee travel document, or Form 
I-551 shall be regarded as unexpired if the rightful holder embarked or 
enplaned before the expiration of his or her immigrant visa, reentry 
permit, or refugee travel document, or with respect to Form I-551, 
before the first anniversary of the date on which he or she departed 
from the United States, provided that the vessel or aircraft on which he 
or she so embarked or enplaned arrives in the United States or foreign 
contiguous territory on a continuous voyage. The continuity of the 
voyage shall not be deemed to have been interrupted by scheduled or 
emergency stops of the vessel or aircraft en route to the United States 
or foreign contiguous territory, or by a layover in foreign contiguous 
territory necessitated solely for the purpose of effecting a 
transportation connection to the United States.