Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024) |
Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality |
Chapter I - Department of Homeland Security |
SubChapter B - Immigration Regulations |
Part 208 - Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal |
Subpart A - Asylum and Withholding of Removal |
§ 208.1 - General. |
§ 208.2 - Jurisdiction. |
§ 208.3 - Form of application. |
§ 208.4 - Filing the application. |
§ 208.5 - Special duties toward aliens in custody of DHS. |
§ 208.6 - Disclosure to third parties. |
§ 208.7 - Employment authorization. |
§ 208.8 - Limitations on travel outside the United States. |
§ 208.9 - Procedure for interview before an asylum officer. |
§ 208.10 - Failure to appear at an interview before an asylum officer or failure to follow requirements for fingerprint processing. |
§ 208.11 - Comments from the Department of State. |
§ 208.12 - Reliance on information compiled by other sources. |
§ 208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility. |
§ 208.14 - Approval, denial, referral, or dismissal of application. |
§ 208.15 - Definition of “firm resettlement.” |
§ 208.16 - Withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. |
§ 208.17 - Deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. |
§ 208.18 - Implementation of the Convention Against Torture. |
§ 208.19 - Decisions. |
§ 208.20 - Determining if an asylum application is frivolous. |
§ 208.21 - Admission of the asylee's spouse and children. |
§ 208.22 - Effect on exclusion, deportation, and removal proceedings. |
§ 208.23 - Restoration of status. |
§ 208.24 - Termination of asylum or withholding of removal or deportation. |
§ 208.25 - xxx |
§§ 208.23--208.29 - [Reserved] |
§§ 208.25--208.29 - [Reserved] |
§§ 208.26--208.29 - [Reserved] |
Subpart B - Credible Fear of Persecution |
§ 208.30 - Credible fear determinations involving stowaways and applicants for admission found inadmissible pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C) or 212(a)(7) of the Act. |
Subpart C - Lawful Pathways and Asylum Eligibility for Certain Aliens Who Entered Between May 11, 2023, and May 11, 2025 |
§ 208.33 - Lawful pathways condition on asylum eligibility. |
Subpart D - Eligibility for Aliens Who Enter the United States During Emergency Border Circumstances |
§ 208.35 - Limitation on asylum eligibility and credible fear procedures for those who enter the United States during emergency border circumstances. |