8 CFR § 1208.8 - Limitations on travel outside the United States.

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title: "8 CFR § 1208.8 - Limitations on travel outside the United States."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "1208.8"
section_name: "Limitations on travel outside the United States."
chapter_name: "EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1208"
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; Pub. L. 115-218."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Duplicated from part 208 at 68 FR 9834, Feb. 28, 2003."
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# 1208.8 Limitations on travel outside the United States.

(a) An applicant who leaves the United States without first obtaining advance parole under § 212.5(f) of this chapter shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her application under this section.

(b) An applicant who leaves the United States pursuant to advance parole under § 1212.5(f) of this chapter and returns to the country of claimed persecution shall be presumed to have abandoned his or her application, unless the applicant is able to establish compelling reasons for such return.

[62 FR 10337, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 82255, Dec. 28, 2000]