[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: 8CFR212.0]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 212_DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: NONIMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS; ADMISSION OF CERTAIN INADMISSIBLE ALIENS; PAROLE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 212.0  Definitions.

Sec.
212.0 Definitions.
212.1 Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants.
212.2 Consent to reapply for admission after deportation, removal or 
          departure at Government expense.
212.3 Application for the exercise of discretion under section 212(c).
212.4 Applications for the exercise of discretion under section 
          212(d)(1) and 212(d)(3).
212.5 Parole of aliens into the United States.
212.6 Border crossing identification cards.
212.7 Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility.
212.8 Certification requirement of section 212(a)(14).

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212.9 Applicability of section 212(a)(32) to certain derivative third 
          and sixth preference and nonpreference immigrants.
212.10 Section 212(k) waiver.
212.11 Controlled substance convictions.
212.12 Parole determinations and revocations respecting Mariel Cubans.
212.13 [Reserved]
212.14 Parole determinations for alien witnesses and informants for whom 
          a law enforcement authority (``LEA'') will request S 
          classification.
212.15 Certificates for foreign health care workers.
212.16 Applications for exercise of discretion relating to T 
          nonimmigrant status.
212.17 Applications for the exercise of discretion relating to U 
          nonimmigrant status.
212.18 Applications for waivers of inadmissibility in connection with an 
          application for adjustment of status by T nonimmigrant status 
          holders.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1102, 1103, 1182 and note, 1184, 
1187, 1223, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1255; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note (section 7209 of 
Public Law 108-458; Title VII of Public Law 110-229; 8 CFR part 2.

    Source: 17 FR 11484, Dec. 19, 1952, unless otherwise noted.


    For purposes of Sec. 212.1 and Sec. 235.1 of this chapter:
    Adjacent islands means Bermuda and the islands located in the 
Caribbean Sea, except Cuba.
    Cruise ship means a passenger vessel over 100 gross tons, carrying 
more than 12 passengers for hire, making a voyage lasting more than 24 
hours any part of which is on the high seas, and for which passengers 
are embarked or disembarked in the United States or its territories.
    Ferry means any vessel operating on a pre-determined fixed schedule 
and route, which is being used solely to provide transportation between 
places that are no more than 300 miles apart and which is being used to 
transport passengers, vehicles, and/or railroad cars.
    Pleasure vessel means a vessel that is used exclusively for 
recreational or personal purposes and not to transport passengers or 
property for hire.
    United States means ``United States'' as defined in section 215(c) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 
1185(c)).
    U.S. citizen means a United States citizen or a U.S. non-citizen 
national.
    United States qualifying tribal entity means a tribe, band, or other 
group of Native Americans formally recognized by the United States 
Government which agrees to meet WHTI document standards.

[73 FR 18415, Apr. 3, 2008]