[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: 8CFR215.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 215_CONTROLS OF ALIENS DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 215.1  Definitions.

Sec.
215.1 Definitions.
215.2 Authority of departure-control officer to prevent alien's 
          departure from the United States.
215.3 Alien whose departure is deemed prejudicial to the interests of 
          the United States.
215.4 Procedure in case of alien prevented from departing from the 
          United States.
215.5 Hearing procedure before special inquiry officer.
215.6 Departure from the Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
          Islands, or outlying possessions of the United States.
215.7 Instructions from the Administrator required in certain cases.
215.8 Requirements for biometric identifiers from aliens on departure 
          from the United States.
215.9 Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 1104; 1184; 1185 (pursuant to Executive 
Order 13323, published January 2, 2004); 1365a note. 1379, 1731-32.

    Source: 45 FR 65516, Oct. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    For the purpose of this part:
    (a) The term alien means any person who is not a citizen or national 
of the United States.
    (b) The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of Immigration and 
Naturalization.
    (c) The term regional commissioner means an officer of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service duly appointed or designated as a 
regional commissioner, or an officer who has been designated to act as a 
regional commissioner.
    (d) The term district director means an officer of the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service duly appointed or designated as a district 
director, or an officer who has been designated to act as a district 
director.

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    (e) The term United States means the several States, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Swains 
Island, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (beginning 
November 28, 2009), and all other territory and waters, continental and 
insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
    (f) The term continental United States means the District of 
Columbia and the several States, except Alaska and Hawaii.
    (g) The term geographical part of the United States means:
    (1) The continental United States,
    (2) Alaska,
    (3) Hawaii,
    (4) Puerto Rico,
    (5) The Virgin Islands,
    (6) Guam,
    (7) American Samoa,
    (8) Swains Island, or
    (9) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (beginning 
November 28, 2009).
    (h) The term depart from the United States means depart by land, 
water, or air: (1) From the United States for any foreign place, or (2) 
from one geographical part of the United States for a separate 
geographical part of the United States: Provided, That a trip or journey 
upon a public ferry, passenger vessel sailing coastwise on a fixed 
schedule, excursion vessel, or aircraft, having both termini in the 
continental United States or in any one of the other geographical parts 
of the United States and not touching any territory or waters under the 
jurisdiction or control of a foreign power, shall not be deemed a 
departure from the United States.
    (i) The term departure-control officer means any immigration officer 
as defined in the regulations of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service who is designated to supervise the departure of aliens, or any 
officer or employee of the United States designated by the Governor of 
the Canal Zone, the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, or the governor of an outlying possession of the United 
States, to supervise the departure of aliens.
    (j) The term port of departure means a port in the continental 
United States, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands (beginning November 28, 2009), or the 
Virgin Islands, designated as a port of entry by the Secretary, or in 
exceptional circumstances such other place as the departure-control 
officer may, in his discretion, designate in an individual case, or a 
port in American Samoa, or Swains Island, designated as a port of entry 
by the chief executive officer thereof.
    (k) The term special inquiry officer shall have the meaning ascribed 
thereto in section 101(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

[45 FR 65516, Oct. 3, 1980, as amended at 74 FR 2836, Jan. 16, 2009; 74 
FR 25388, May 28, 2009]