[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: 8CFR236.16]

[Page 498-499]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 236_APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE ALIENS; REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Family Unity Program
 
Sec. 236.16  Travel outside the United States.

    An alien granted Family Unity Program benefits who intends to travel 
outside the United States temporarily must apply for advance 
authorization using Form I-131, Application for Travel Document. The 
authority to grant an application for advance authorization for an alien 
granted Family Unity Program benefits rests solely with the district 
director. An alien who is granted advance authorization and returns to 
the United States in accordance with such authorization, and who is

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found not to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) or (3) of the Act, 
shall be inspected and admitted in the same immigration status as the 
alien had at the time of departure, and shall be provided the remainder 
of the voluntary departure period previously granted under the Family 
Unity Program.