8 CFR § 208.23 - Restoration of status.

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title: "8 CFR § 208.23 - Restoration of status."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "208.23"
section_name: "Restoration of status."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "208"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR ASYLUM AND WITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1158, 1226, 1252, 1282; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229; 8 CFR part 2; Pub. L. 115-218."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 208.23 Restoration of status.

An alien who was maintaining his or her nonimmigrant status at the time of filing an asylum application and has such application denied may continue in or be restored to that status, if it has not expired.

[62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997. Redesignated at 64 FR 8490, Feb. 19, 1999 and further redesignated at 65 FR 76136, Dec. 6, 2000]