8 CFR § 233.4 - Preinspection outside the United States.

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title: "8 CFR § 233.4 - Preinspection outside the United States."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "233.4"
section_name: "Preinspection outside the United States."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "233"
part_name: "CONTRACTS WITH TRANSPORTATION LINES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1182, 1221, 1228, 1229, 8 CFR part 2."
regulatory_source: "Redesignated at 62 FR 10353, Mar. 6, 1997."
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# 233.4 Preinspection outside the United States.

(a) *Form I-425 agreements.* A transportation line bringing applicants for admission to the United States through preinspection sites outside the United States shall enter into an agreement on Form I-425. Such an agreement shall be negotiated directly by the Service's Headquarters Office of Inspections and the head office of the transportation line.

(b) *Signatory lines.* A list of transportation lines with currently valid transportation agreements on Form I-425 is maintained by the Service's Headquarters Office of Inspections and is available upon written request.

[62 FR 10353, Mar. 6, 1997]