[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: 8CFR223.1]

[Page 461]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 223_REENTRY PERMITS, REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, AND ADVANCE PAROLE DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 223.1  Purpose of documents.

Sec.
223.1 Purpose of documents.
223.2 Processing.
223.3 Validity and effect on admissibility.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1181, 1182, 1186a, 1203, 1225, 1226, 1227, 
1251; Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, November 1, 1968, 19 
U.S.T. 6223 (TIAS) 6577; 8 CFR part 2.

    Source: 59 FR 1464, Jan. 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Reentry permit. A reentry permit allows a permanent resident to 
apply for admission to the United States upon return from abroad during 
the period of the permit's validity without the necessity of obtaining a 
returning resident visa.
    (b) Refugee travel document. A refugee travel document is issued 
pursuant to this part and article 28 of the United Nations Convention of 
July 29, 1951, for the purpose of travel. Except as provided in Sec. 
223.3(d)(2)(i), a person who holds refugee status pursuant to section 
207 of the Act, or asylum status pursuant to section 208 of the Act, 
must have a refugee travel document to return to the United States after 
temporary travel abroad unless he or she is in possession of a valid 
advance parole document.

[59 FR 1464, Jan. 11, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 10352, Mar. 6, 1997]